# brunt

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹʌnt/ · frequency rank #24,687

## Definitions
1. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
2. The force or shock of an attack in war.
3. The major part of something; the bulk.
4. A violent attack or charge in battle.
5. A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
6. A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.

## Etymology
From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).

## Easily confused with
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-but)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bun)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-butt)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bust)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bunk)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-burt)
- **buns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-buns)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bryn)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bunt)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bruv)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bund)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-brut)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bung)
- **brush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-brush)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-burnt)
- **brute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-brute)
- **Bryant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brunt-vs-bryant)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bru-vs-brunt)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bout-vs-brunt)
- **bent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bent-vs-brunt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbrunt`, `brnut`, `brrunt`, `brunnt`, `bruntt`, `brutn`, `rbunt`

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