# brin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹɪn/ · frequency rank #46,351

## Definitions
1. One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
2. A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

## Etymology
Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

## Easily confused with
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bro)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bun)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bru)
- **Bui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bui)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-burn)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bros)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-brit)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bruh)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-brom)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bryn)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bruv)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-brut)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bring)
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-brown)
- **Bryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bryan)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bruno)
- **Byron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-byron)
- **Bronx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bronx)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-brits)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbrin`, `birn`, `brinn`, `brni`, `brrin`, `rbin`

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