brachial
[bʁaˈxi̯aːl]
The verdict
“brachial” is uncommon German (frequency #78,984 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,984
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Oberarm gehörig, den Arm betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-brachial · brachial · German
brachial · rank #78,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,984
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH branko
Nearest frequency peer: branko (+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 „brachial“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bombenleger
Bombenleger
21,021 corpus weight
- Bornholm
Bornholm
21,020 corpus weight
- Bosses
Bosses
21,019 corpus weight
- brachial
brachial
21,017 corpus weight
- branko
branko
21,016 corpus weight
- Brennereien
Brennereien
21,015 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „brachial“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brachial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bʁaˈxi̯aːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „brachial“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
brachial is uncommon German at frequency #78,984 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bʁaˈxi̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
brachial has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is brachial, spelled B-R-A-C-H-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1zum Oberarm gehörig, den Arm betreffend
- 2rohe körperliche Gewalt einsetzend, handgreiflich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how brachial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit brachialer Gewalt bahnte er sich den Weg nach oben.
This word in other languages
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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