bringtvsbrinkWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bringt is a verb, brink is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bringt” is a verb and “brink” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#530
“bringt” frequency rank
#37,421
“brink” frequency rank
37951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bringt brink
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht)

Letter map: bringt vs brink

Shared letters muted; letters that set bringt and brink apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
bringt
5 ch
brink

Grammar separator: bringt vs brink

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bringt is averb and brinkanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bringt is recorded at frequency rank #530, classified as averb, pronounced [bʁɪŋt]. 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 37951, this pair ranks #1,576,801 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bringt vs brink

Shared letters: binr. Private to "bringt": gt. Private to "brink": k.

"bringt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bringtbbringt · birngt · brignt · bringgt · bringtt · brinngt · brintg · brnigt
  • brinkbbrink · birnk · brikn · brinkk · brinnk · brnik · brrink · rbink

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bringt" and "brink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bringt" is a verb and "brink" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bringt" vs "brink" - which ranks higher?
"bringt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #530 in our German list, against #37,421 for "brink". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bringt" and "brink".

  • Full dictionary entry for "bringt" 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 #1,576,801 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bringt" 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 #1,576,801 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