Which to use
“brachte” is an unknown and “bricht” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,283
- “brachte” frequency rank
- #3,877
- “bricht” frequency rank
- 5160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brachte | bricht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv von bringen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brechen |
Where the eye mixes brachte and bricht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses brachte with bricht
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: brachte is [ˈbʁaxtə] while bricht is [bʁɪçt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brachte is recorded at frequency rank #1,283, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈbʁaxtə]. bricht is at rank #3,877, tagged as averb, pronounced [bʁɪçt].
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 5160, this pair ranks #1,995,622 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of brachte vs bricht
Shared letters: bchrt. Private to "brachte": ae. Private to "bricht": i.
"brachte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "bricht" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brachte" and "bricht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "brachte" or "bricht" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "brachte" and "bricht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "brachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bricht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,995,622 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brachte" and "bricht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bricht vs britt". 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 #1,995,622 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.