# bribe

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹaɪb/ · frequency rank #14,904

## Definitions
1. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
2. The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

## Etymology
From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).

## Easily confused with
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brit)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brig)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brie)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brim)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brin)
- **BRIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-bric)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-bring)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-broke)
- **brief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brief)
- **Bruce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-bruce)
- **brick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brick)
- **bride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-bride)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brink)
- **brute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brute)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-britt)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brine)
- **brill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brill)
- **Brice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribe-vs-brice)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbribe`, `birbe`, `brbie`, `bribbe`, `brieb`, `brribe`, `rbibe`

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