braille
[bɹeɪl]
The verdict
“braille” is uncommon German (frequency #96,769 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,769
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schrift für blinde Personen, bei der die Buchstaben kombinatorisch auf je sechs erhabenen, meist in Papier eingeprägten Punkten abgebildet sind, und daher ertastet werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-braille · braille · German
braille · rank #96,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,769
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH boykottiere
Nearest frequency peer: boykottiere (-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 „braille“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Botenstoffe
Botenstoffe
3,234 corpus weight
- boykottiere
boykottiere
3,233 corpus weight
- braille
braille
3,232 corpus weight
- brak
brak
3,231 corpus weight
- Breithaupt
Breithaupt
3,228 corpus weight
- Bretonischen
Bretonischen
3,227 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „braille“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɹeɪl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „braille“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
braille is uncommon German at frequency #96,769 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɹeɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schrift für blinde Personen, bei der die Buchstaben kombinatorisch auf je sechs erhabenen, meist in Papier eingeprägten Punkten abgebildet sind, und daher ertastet werden kann".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for braille, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is braille, spelled B-R-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Schrift für blinde Personen, bei der die Buchstaben kombinatorisch auf je sechs erhabenen, meist in Papier eingeprägten Punkten abgebildet sind, und daher ertastet werden kann
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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