Brache

[ˈbʁaːxə]

/[ˈbʁaːxə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brache” is uncommon German (frequency #53,554 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,554
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbestellter Acker, Feld

Corpus desk

Index DE-brache · Brache · German

Brache · rank #53,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,554
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Botswana

Nearest frequency peer: Botswana (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Brache“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brache“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brache
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrache
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁaːxə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,554
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brache“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Brachefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Botswana“ (#53,553), „brems“ (#53,555), „bonjour“ (#53,552). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brache“ bei #53,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brache is uncommon German at frequency #53,554 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁaːxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brache, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Brache, spelled B-R-A-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    unbestellter Acker, Feld
  2. 2
    unbebautes, verwaistes Stück Land, verwahrlostes Grundstück
  3. 3
    Zeitspanne, während der ein Acker, ein Stück Land brach liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Brache war durchrissen von den Furchen des Pflugs.
  2. Die sechs Hektar große Brache auf dem Gärtnereigrundstück an der Friedrich-Ebert-Straße kann entwickelt werden.

This word in other languages

fallow(English)barbecho(Español)friche(Français)

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 "Brache"?
"Brache" is spelled B-R-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁaːxə].
What does "Brache" mean?
As a noun, "Brache" means: unbestellter Acker, Feld
How do you pronounce "Brache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brache" is [ˈbʁaːxə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brache" come from?
"Brache" 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 "Brache", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brütet#53,562belügt#53,521colors#53,588create#53,597

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list