# brig

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹɪɡ/ · frequency rank #19,032

## Definitions
1. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

## Etymology
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

## Easily confused with
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bro)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bug)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bru)
- **Bui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bui)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bros)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brit)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bruh)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brim)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brom)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bryn)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-burg)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bruv)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brin)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brut)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bung)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-bring)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brink)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brisk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbrig`, `birg`, `brgi`, `brigg`, `brrig`, `rbig`

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