How to spell brick

hear itbrick/brɪk/nounSounds

What it means: A rectangular block used in construction.

In a sentence: The red brick fell from the wall with a thud.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as brik or bricc.

Same family: bricky (informal, similar sense: dependable person), brickish, bricklike, bricklayer, brickwork. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: This friendly meaning of “brick” comes from British slang in the 19th century, comparing a reliable person to a solid, sturdy building brick. It likely developed from the idea that a good friend is one of the “bricks” that supports your life, just as bricks support a wall or house.

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

rock · breakfast · snack · block · bridge · brush · creek · track

Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.