# brink

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹɪŋk/ · frequency rank #14,709

## Definitions
1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
2. The edge or border.

## Etymology
From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

## Easily confused with
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-brit)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-bunk)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-bryn)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-bruno)
- **brook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-brook)
- **Brock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-brock)
- **Bronx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-bronx)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-brits)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-britt)
- **Buick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-buick)
- **brunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-brunt)
- **Bruni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brink-vs-bruni)
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bin-vs-brink)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bri-vs-brink)
- **bank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bank-vs-brink)
- **bind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bind-vs-brink)
- **bing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-brink)
- **bins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bins-vs-brink)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brig-vs-brink)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbrink`, `birnk`, `brikn`, `brinkk`, `brinnk`, `brnik`, `brrink`, `rbink`

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