# Bronx

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɹɒŋks/ · frequency rank #12,014

## Definitions
1. A borough of New York City, New York, United States.
2. A river downstate in New York State; in full, Bronx River.

## Etymology
Blend of Bronck + -'s. After immigrant settler Jonas Bronck (1600–1643) of New Netherlands onto the peninsula north of Manhattan Island.
* (region): Originally Bronck's Land, the land in the region settled by Jonas Bronck.
* (river): Originally Bronck's River, a river bordering the region settled by Jonas Bronck.

## Easily confused with
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-bros)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-brow)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-bryn)
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-brown)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-bruno)
- **brook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-brook)
- **Byron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-byron)
- **broom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-broom)
- **broth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-broth)
- **brows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-brows)
- **brood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-brood)
- **brunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-brunt)
- **Bruni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-bruni)
- **bronze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronx-vs-bronze)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bronx)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bro-vs-bronx)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bon-vs-bronx)
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bond-vs-bronx)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-bronx)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bong-vs-bronx)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbronx`, `bornx`, `brnox`, `bronnx`, `bronxx`, `broxn`, `brronx`, `rbonx`

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