# bride

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #6,215

## Definitions
1. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
2. An object ardently loved.

## Etymology
From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German, Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese, Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

## Easily confused with
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brit)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brig)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brie)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brim)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brin)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-bring)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-broke)
- **brief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brief)
- **Bruce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-bruce)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brink)
- **brute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brute)
- **brody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brody)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-britt)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brine)
- **brill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brill)
- **bridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-bridge)
- **brides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brides)
- **brodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brodie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbride`, `birde`, `brdie`, `bridde`, `bried`, `brride`, `rbide`

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