bachsvsbrachWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bachs is a verb, brach is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bachs” is a verb and “brach” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,638
“bachs” frequency rank
#4,184
“brach” frequency rank
26822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bachs brach
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bach (in Bezug auf Bodenflächen) ungenutzt, leer

Letter map: bachs vs brach

Shared letters muted; letters that set bachs and brach apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
bachs
5 ch
brach

Grammar separator: bachs vs brach

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bachs is averb and brachanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bachs is recorded at frequency rank #22,638, classified as averb, pronounced […]. brach is at rank #4,184, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bʁaːx].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26822, this pair ranks #1,811,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bachs vs brach

Shared letters: abch. Private to "bachs": s. Private to "brach": r.

"bachs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "brach" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bachsabchs · bacchs · bachhs · bachss · bacsh · bahcs · bbachs · bcahs
  • brachbarch · bbrach · bracch · brachh · brahc · brcah · brrach · rbach

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bachs" and "brach" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bachs" is a verb and "brach" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bachs" vs "brach" - which ranks higher?
"brach" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,184 in our German list, against #22,638 for "bachs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "bachs" and "brach". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bachs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brach" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,811,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bachs" and "brach" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bachs vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,811,841 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list