# brill

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹɪl/ · frequency rank #26,704

## Definitions
1. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

## Etymology
Possibly from Cornish brilli (“mackerel”), from brithelli, plural of brithel (“mackerel”), from brith (“spotted”), from Proto-Brythonic *briθ.

## Easily confused with
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-bull)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brit)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brim)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brin)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-bring)
- **built** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-built)
- **build** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-build)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brink)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-britt)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-brine)
- **Buell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-buell)
- **burial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-burial)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bri-vs-brill)
- **bill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bill-vs-brill)
- **ball** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ball-vs-brill)
- **bell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bell-vs-brill)
- **bail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bail-vs-brill)
- **boil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boil-vs-brill)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbrill`, `birll`, `bril`, `brlil`, `brrill`, `rbill`

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