Which to use
“bring” is a verb and “brink” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,688
- “bring” frequency rank
- #37,421
- “brink” frequency rank
- 43109
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bring | brink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen | Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) |
Letter map: bring vs brink
Shared letters muted; letters that set bring and brink apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for bring / brink
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bring is averb and brinkanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “bring” becomes k in “brink”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bring is recorded at frequency rank #5,688, classified as averb, pronounced [bʁɪŋ]. brink is at rank #37,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 43109, this pair ranks #1,428,346 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bring vs brink
Shared letters: binr. Private to "bring": g. Private to "brink": k.
"bring" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "bring" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,428,346 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bring" and "brink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brink 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 #1,428,346 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.