How to spell brew

Brew is spelled B-R-E-W.

hear itbrew/bru/verbLong vowels

What it means: To make a drink by steeping or boiling ingredients.

In a sentence: The witch put all her favorite ingredients in the pot to brew a magic potion.

Same family: brewer, brewery, brewing, homebrew, microbrew. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Brew” comes from Old English “brēowan,” meaning “to brew or make a drink,” and is related to old Germanic words for making beer. The word is over a thousand years old and originally referred mainly to beer made at home.

Try spelling it

You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.

Words like this

interview · review · view · knew

Everyone has words they always get wrong. Spelling.School finds yours, shows you exactly why you miss them, and uses spaced repetition until you spell them right every time. Five minutes a day. Try five words without signing up.