Which to use
“brother” and “brothers” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,253
- “brother” frequency rank
- #15,849
- “brothers” frequency rank
- 28102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brother | brothers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bruder, männliches Geschwisterkind | Plural des Substantivs brother |
Letter map: brother vs brothers
Shared letters muted; letters that set brother and brothers apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. brother runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against brothers's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on brother vs brothers
brother and brothers are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “brother” sits inside “brothers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brother is recorded at frequency rank #12,253, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɹʌðə]. brothers is at rank #15,849, 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 28102, this pair ranks #1,790,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of brother vs brothers
Shared letters: behort. Private to "brother": -. Private to "brothers": s.
"brother" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "brothers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "brother" and "brothers" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "brother" vs "brothers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "brother" and "brothers". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "brother" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brothers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,790,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brother" and "brothers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brothers 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 #1,790,532 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.