bromance
/ˈbɹoʊmæns/
"bromance" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bromance” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,826
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A close but nonsexual relationship between two or more men.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bromance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹoʊmæns/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bromance” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around bromance (IPA /ˈbɹoʊmæns/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,826 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A close but nonsexual relationship between two or more men.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bromance, with forms such as "bbromance", "bormance", and "brmoance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of bro + romance. Coined by American editor Dave Carnie in the 1990s as part of an article for the skateboard magazine Big Brother to refer specifically to the sort of relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time together. The correct English form is bromance, spelled B-R-O-M-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A close but nonsexual relationship between two or more men.
Etymology
Blend of bro + romance. Coined by American editor Dave Carnie in the 1990s as part of an article for the skateboard magazine Big Brother to refer specifically to the sort of relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time together.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbromance
- bormance
- brmoance
- broamnce
- bromacne
- bromancce
- bromanec
- bromannce
- bromence
- brommance
- bromnace
- brromance
- rbomance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bromance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bromance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-O-M-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɹoʊmæns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.