brak

[brâːk⁠]

/[brâːk⁠]/ noun

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The verdict

“brak” is uncommon German (frequency #96,770 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,770
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - institutionell anerkannte und beurkundete Verbindung zweier oder mehr Menschen; Ehe

Key facts for brak
PropertyValue
Headwordbrak
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[brâːk⁠]
Letters4
Frequency rank#96,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brak” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brak lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brak is uncommon German at frequency #96,770 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [brâːk⁠]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "institutionell anerkannte und beurkundete Verbindung zweier oder mehr Menschen; Ehe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for brak, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is brak, spelled B-R-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    institutionell anerkannte und beurkundete Verbindung zweier oder mehr Menschen; Ehe

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 "brak"?
"brak" is spelled B-R-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is [brâːk⁠].
What does "brak" mean?
As a noun, "brak" means: institutionell anerkannte und beurkundete Verbindung zweier oder mehr Menschen; Ehe
How do you pronounce "brak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brak" is [brâːk⁠]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brak" come from?
"brak" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “brak”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [brâːk⁠] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list