# bring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #537

## Definitions
1. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
2. To supply or contribute.
3. To occasion or bring about.
4. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
8. To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.

## Etymology
From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-.
Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).

## Easily confused with
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-brit)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-bryn)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-bung)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-bruno)
- **Bronx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-bronx)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-brink)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-britt)
- **brunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-brunt)
- **Bruni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-bruni)
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-buying)
- **brings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-brings)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-burning)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-burying)
- **big** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/big-vs-bring)
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bin-vs-bring)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bri-vs-bring)
- **bang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bang-vs-bring)
- **bind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bind-vs-bring)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbring`, `birng`, `brign`, `bringg`, `brinng`, `brnig`, `brring`, `rbing`

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