bro
/ˈbɹəʊ̯/noun
bro is spelled B-R-O: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “bro vs bruh” about 170 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, bro means “Brother (a male sibling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bro is bros or bros..
How many letters and syllables are in bro?
| Letters | 3: B-R-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bro?
Bro appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bro?
- UK /ˈbɹəʊ̯/
- UK [ˈbɹʷəʊ̯]
- UK /ˈbɹɵʊ̯/
Bro has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-bro.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bro
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bro?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bro from its last stressed vowel (/əʊ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rob, orb, bor.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bro
- bros plural
- bra
- brah
- xro
- vro
- bru
- bros. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bro mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangBrother (a male sibling).
My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.
- 2
slangBrother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.
- 3
slangBrother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.
Near-synonym: man
- 4
slangA frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
- 5
derogatoryslangSomeone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.
AI bro
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.