# Briggs

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɹɪɡz/ · frequency rank #14,482

## Definitions
1. A topographic surname from Middle English.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:

## Etymology
From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).

## Easily confused with
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briggs-vs-bring)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briggs-vs-brits)
- **bright** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briggs-vs-bright)
- **brings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briggs-vs-brings)
- **Bruges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briggs-vs-bruges)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-briggs)
- **bigg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bigg-vs-briggs)
- **Bragg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bragg-vs-briggs)
- **Biggs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biggs-vs-briggs)
- **brags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brags-vs-briggs)
- **BRICS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-briggs)
- **bridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridge-vs-briggs)
- **beings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beings-vs-briggs)
- **bricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bricks-vs-briggs)
- **brides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brides-vs-briggs)
- **briefs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briefs-vs-briggs)
- **bribes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bribes-vs-briggs)
- **bridges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridges-vs-briggs)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbriggs`, `birggs`, `brgigs`, `briggss`, `brigs`, `brigsg`, `brriggs`, `rbiggs`

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