# brooch

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹəʊtʃ/ · frequency rank #27,388

## Definitions
1. A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
2. A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

## Etymology
Variant of broach.

## Easily confused with
- **brook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brook)
- **broom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-broom)
- **broth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-broth)
- **brood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brood)
- **brooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brooks)
- **Brooke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brooke)
- **brunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brunch)
- **Brough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brough)
- **booth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-brooch)
- **Brock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brock-vs-brooch)
- **Bloch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloch-vs-brooch)
- **branch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/branch-vs-brooch)
- **breach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breach-vs-brooch)
- **bronco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronco-vs-brooch)
- **breech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breech-vs-brooch)
- **broach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broach-vs-brooch)
- **brioche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brioche-vs-brooch)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbrooch`, `boroch`, `broch`, `brocoh`, `broocch`, `broochh`, `broohc`, `brrooch`, `rbooch`

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