# brisket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹɪskɪt/ · frequency rank #33,966

## Definitions
1. The chest of an animal.
2. A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
3. A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.

## Etymology
From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.

## Easily confused with
- **briskly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brisket-vs-briskly)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brisk-vs-brisket)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basket-vs-brisket)
- **bracket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bracket-vs-brisket)
- **Bridget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridget-vs-brisket)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbrisket`, `birsket`, `brikset`, `brisekt`, `briskett`, `briskket`, `briskte`, `brissket`, `brrisket`, `brsiket`, `rbisket`

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