brr
[ʙ̩ː]
"brr" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brr” is uncommon English (frequency #79,342 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,342
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used to express being cold, to show shivering.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ʙ̩ː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #79,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brr” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brr is uncommon English at frequency #79,342 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ʙ̩ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brr, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is brr, spelled B-R-R.
Definition
- 1Used to express being cold, to show shivering.
- 2An expression of disgust or aversion, as if shuddering.
- 3The ringing sound of a telephone or an alarm bell.
This word in other languages
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 “brr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʙ̩ː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.