Brakel
[ˈbʁaːkl̩]
The verdict
“Brakel” is uncommon German (frequency #63,179 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,179
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinere Stadt im Osten von Nordrhein-Westfalen
Corpus desk
Index DE-brakel · Brakel · German
Brakel · rank #63,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,179
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bremste
Nearest frequency peer: bremste (+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 „Brakel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Brakel
Brakel
36,822 corpus weight
- bremste
bremste
36,821 corpus weight
- brennbaren
brennbaren
36,820 corpus weight
- Brennpunkten
Brennpunkten
36,819 corpus weight
- Briefpapier
Briefpapier
36,818 corpus weight
- Brokern
Brokern
36,817 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brakel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brakel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaːkl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brakel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brakel is uncommon German at frequency #63,179 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbʁaːkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleinere Stadt im Osten von Nordrhein-Westfalen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Brakel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Brakel, spelled B-R-A-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1kleinere Stadt im Osten von Nordrhein-Westfalen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Brakel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei einem schweren Verkehrsunfall in Brakel (Kreis Höxter) sind am frühen Samstagmorgen zwei junge Männer im Alter von 20 und 23 Jahren ums Leben gekommen.“
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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