bringvsbrunTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,688
“bring” frequency rank
#48,026
“brun” frequency rank
53714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bring brun
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen braun

Letter map: bring vs brun

Shared letters muted; letters that set bring and brun apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
bring
4 ch
brun

Role in the sentence - bring and brun

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bring is averb and brunanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53714, 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]. brun is at rank #48,026, tagged as anadj, 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 53714, this pair ranks #1,047,233 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bring vs brun

Shared letters: bnr. Private to "bring": gi. Private to "brun": u.

"bring" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "brun" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bringbbring · birng · brign · bringg · brinng · brnig · brring · rbing
  • brunbbrun · brnu · brrun · brunn · rbun

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bring" for "brun" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bring" is a verb and "brun" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bring" or "brun" show up more?
"bring" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,688 in our German list, against #48,026 for "brun". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "bring" vs "brun" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bring" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,047,233 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bring" and "brun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brun 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 #1,047,233 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