bru
noun, interjection
bru is spelled B-R-U: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bru means “bro; bra; term of address for a man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bru is brus.
How many letters and syllables are in bru?
| Letters | 3: B-R-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bru?
Bru appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bru?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bru.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bru
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: bruh.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bru?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bru.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rub, bur.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bru
- brus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bru mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
bro; bra; term of address for a man
noun
- 1
A member of an ethnic group of Southeast Asia
interjection
- 1
slangAlternative spelling of bruh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bru come from?
From Afrikaans broer. Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, friar, pal, and vai.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).