# brogan

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,352

## Definitions
1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue.

## Etymology
An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

## Easily confused with
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brogan-vs-brown)
- **Bryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brogan-vs-bryan)
- **broken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brogan-vs-broken)
- **bran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bran-vs-brogan)
- **began** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/began-vs-brogan)
- **broad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broad-vs-brogan)
- **Brian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brian-vs-brogan)
- **Braga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braga-vs-brogan)
- **bogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bogan-vs-brogan)
- **Bogdan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bogdan-vs-brogan)
- **biogas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biogas-vs-brogan)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbrogan`, `borgan`, `brgoan`, `broagn`, `brogann`, `broggan`, `brogna`, `brrogan`, `rbogan`

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