braille
[bɹeɪl]
The verdict
“braille” is an uncommon German word, ranked #96,769 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,769
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
| 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) |
Where “braille” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for braille is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɹeɪl]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,769 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “braille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bɹeɪl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.