# Brit

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹɪt/ · frequency rank #13,108

## Definitions
1. A British person.
2. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

## Etymology
1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.

## Easily confused with
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bt)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-but)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bro)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bru)
- **Bui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bui)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-butt)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bros)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bust)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bruh)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-burt)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-brom)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bryn)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bunt)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-bruv)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-brut)
- **built** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-built)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-burst)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-burnt)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-brits)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbrit`, `birt`, `brrit`, `brti`, `rbit`

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