# brodie

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹoʊdi/ · frequency rank #21,737

## Definitions
1. A close male friend, or a man deserving of respect; a bro.

## Etymology
From bro or broski, shortening of brother.

## Easily confused with
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-broke)
- **brody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-brody)
- **bronze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-bronze)
- **Brooke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-brooke)
- **browse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-browse)
- **brownie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-brownie)
- **bromide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-bromide)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-brodie)
- **bode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bode-vs-brodie)
- **bride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-brodie)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowie-vs-brodie)
- **Bodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodie-vs-brodie)
- **bridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridge-vs-brodie)
- **bodies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodies-vs-brodie)
- **boogie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boogie-vs-brodie)
- **bodied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodied-vs-brodie)
- **birdie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birdie-vs-brodie)
- **bridle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridle-vs-brodie)
- **bookie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-brodie)
- **bodice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-brodie)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbrodie`, `bordie`, `brdoie`, `broddie`, `brodei`, `broide`, `brrodie`, `rbodie`

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