Brabant

[bʁaˈbant]

/[bʁaˈbant]/ name

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The verdict

“Brabant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,499
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehemalige belgische Provinz mit der Hauptstadt Brüssel; das von ihr erfasste Gebiet

Corpus desk

Index DE-brabant · Brabant · German

Brabant · rank #44,499 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,499
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bravour

Nearest frequency peer: Bravour (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Brabant“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Brabant“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Brabant vs brisant
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Brabant
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrabant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[bʁaˈbant]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,499
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Brabant“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Brabantliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bravour“ (#44,500), „Brest“ (#44,501), „blindes“ (#44,496). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brabant“ bei #44,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Brabant (IPA [bʁaˈbant]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,499 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    ehemalige belgische Provinz mit der Hauptstadt Brüssel; das von ihr erfasste Gebiet
  2. 2
    Herzogtum, das annähernd das Gebiet der niederländischen Provinz Nord-Brabant, der belgischen Provinzen Antwerpen, Flämisch-Brabant und Wallonisch-Brabant und der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt abdeckte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Brabant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wenn etwas im Herzen des Königreichs Belgien liegt, dann ist es Brabant.“
  2. „Da 1427 und 1430 beide Söhne Antons kinderlos verstorben waren, war im Jahre 1430 das Herzogtum Brabant jedoch erneut vakant.“

Synonyms

Süd-Brabant

This word in other languages

Brabant(Français)

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.

barbant2bbrabant1braabnt2brabannt1brabantt1brabatn2brabbant1brabnat2
Edit distance from "Brabant"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brabant"?
"Brabant" is spelled B-R-A-B-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁaˈbant].
What does "Brabant" mean?
As a proper noun, "Brabant" means: ehemalige belgische Provinz mit der Hauptstadt Brüssel; das von ihr erfasste Gebiet
What words are commonly confused with "Brabant"?
"Brabant" is commonly confused with "brisant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Brabant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brabant" is [bʁaˈbant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brabant" come from?
"Brabant" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brabant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bravour#44,500blindes#44,496Bigband#44,491castell#44,508

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list