Which to use
“brick” and “Bruch” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,448
- “brick” frequency rank
- #6,401
- “Bruch” frequency rank
- 46849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brick | Bruch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Ziegelstein | das körperliche Brechen, Zertrennen eines Gegenstandes; Materials; der Ort des Brechens; ein Auseinandergehen, Trennen im weitesten Sinne von Gegenständen, Materialien, Verbindungen, Zusammenschlüssen |
Where the eye mixes brick and Bruch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. brick and Bruch follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: brick vs Bruch
A purely visual mix-up. brick ([bɹɪk]) and Bruch ([bʁʊx]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brick is recorded at frequency rank #40,448, classified as anoun, pronounced [bɹɪk]. Bruch is at rank #6,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bʁʊx].
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 46849, this pair ranks #1,304,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brick vs Bruch
Shared letters: bcr. Private to "brick": ik. Private to "Bruch": hu.
"brick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Bruch" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brick" for "Bruch" ever safe?
Frequency check: "brick" vs "Bruch" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "brick" and "Bruch" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "brick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Bruch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,304,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brick" and "Bruch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bic vs brick". 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 #1,304,822 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.