brb
The verdict
“brb” is uncommon French (frequency #72,977 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,977
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Employé principalement dans les forums de messagerie instantanée ou clavardage pour indiquer que l’on s’absente temporairement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brb” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brb is uncommon French at frequency #72,977 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Employé principalement dans les forums de messagerie instantanée ou clavardage pour indiquer que l’on s’absente temporairement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brb, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brb, spelled B-R-B.
Definition
- 1Employé principalement dans les forums de messagerie instantanée ou clavardage pour indiquer que l’on s’absente temporairement.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “brb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.