# Brexit

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/ · frequency rank #9,712

## Definitions
1. Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

## Etymology
Blend of Britain + exit, formed by analogy with Grexit.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use is on 15 May 2012 in a Euractiv blog post by Peter Wilding titled “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, formed by analogy with Grexit, coined on 6 February 2012.

## Easily confused with
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brexit-vs-brit)
- **Beit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beit-vs-brexit)
- **brett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brett-vs-brexit)
- **Brent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brent-vs-brexit)
- **Brest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brest-vs-brexit)
- **breast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breast-vs-brexit)
- **brevity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brevity-vs-brexit)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbrexit`, `berxit`, `breixt`, `brexitt`, `brexti`, `brexxit`, `brrexit`, `brxeit`, `rbexit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brexit