BruchvsbrunTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#6,401
“Bruch” frequency rank
#48,026
“brun” frequency rank
54427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bruch brun
Definition das körperliche Brechen, Zertrennen eines Gegenstandes; Materials; der Ort des Brechens; ein Auseinandergehen, Trennen im weitesten Sinne von Gegenständen, Materialien, Verbindungen, Zusammenschlüssen braun

Letter map: Bruch vs brun

Shared letters muted; letters that set Bruch and brun apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Bruch runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against brun's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Bruch
4 ch
brun

Role in the sentence - Bruch and brun

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Bruch is anoun and brunanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bruch is recorded at frequency rank #6,401, classified as anoun, pronounced [bʁʊx]. 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 54427, this pair ranks #1,019,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bruch vs brun

Shared letters: bru. Private to "Bruch": ch. Private to "brun": n.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bruch ← bbruch · brcuh · brruch · brucch · bruchh · bruhc · burch · rbuch
  • brun ← bbrun · brnu · brrun · brunn · rbun

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bruch" and "brun" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bruch" is a noun and "brun" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Bruch" vs "brun" - which ranks higher?
"Bruch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,401 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Bruch" and "brun".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bruch" 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 #1,019,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bruch" 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 #1,019,342 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