Brabant
[bʁaˈbant]
The verdict
“Brabant” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #44,499 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #44,499
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ehemalige belgische Provinz mit der Hauptstadt Brüssel; das von ihr erfasste Gebiet
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brabant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bʁaˈbant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brabant” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Brabant is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁaˈbant]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,499 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brabant, with forms such as "barbant", "bbrabant", and "braabnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "brisant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Brabant, spelled B-R-A-B-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1ehemalige belgische Provinz mit der Hauptstadt Brüssel; das von ihr erfasste Gebiet
- 2Herzogtum, das annähernd das Gebiet der niederländischen Provinz Nord-Brabant, der belgischen Provinzen Antwerpen, Flämisch-Brabant und Wallonisch-Brabant und der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt abdeckte
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: barbant,bbrabant,braabnt,brabannt,brabantt,brabatn,brabbant,brabnat,brbaant,brrabant,rbabant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brabant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Brabant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-B-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bʁaˈbant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “brisant” - see the side-by-side comparison. Brabant vs brisant
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.