# brie

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹiː/ · frequency rank #26,024

## Definitions
1. An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.

## Easily confused with
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bro)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bye)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bru)
- **Bui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bui)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bros)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brit)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bruh)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brig)
- **byte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-byte)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brim)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brom)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bryn)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bute)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bruv)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brin)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brut)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-bring)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-broke)
- **brief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brief)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbrie`, `bire`, `brei`, `brrie`, `rbie`

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