# brim

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹɪm/ · frequency rank #26,705

## Definitions
1. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
2. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
3. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
4. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
5. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
6. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
7. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English brem, brim, brimme (“bank, edge, or margin of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); from Old English brim (“sea, surf, or the edge of the sea or a body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *brimą (“turbulence, surge; surf, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to hum, make a noise”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
cognates
* Bavarian Bräm (“border, stripe”)
* Danish bræmme (“border, edge, brim”)
* German Bräme, Brame (“border, edge”)
* Swedish bräm (“border, edge”)
* Icelandic barmur (“edge, verge, brink”)

## Easily confused with
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bro)
- **bum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bum)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bru)
- **Bui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bui)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bros)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brit)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bruh)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brom)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bryn)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bruv)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brin)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brut)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-bring)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brink)
- **broom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-broom)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-britt)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brim-vs-brine)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbrim`, `birm`, `brimm`, `brmi`, `brrim`, `rbim`

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