Which to use
“bringe” is a verb and “brink” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,921
- “bringe” frequency rank
- #37,421
- “brink” frequency rank
- 43342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bringe | brink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen | Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) |
Letter map: bringe vs brink
Shared letters muted; letters that set bringe and brink apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for bringe / brink
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bringe is averb and brinkanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bringe is recorded at frequency rank #5,921, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbʁɪŋə]. 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 43342, this pair ranks #1,421,108 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bringe vs brink
Shared letters: binr. Private to "bringe": eg. Private to "brink": k.
"bringe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "bringe" vs "brink" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "bringe" 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 #1,421,108 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bringe" 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 #1,421,108 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.