Brandis
[ˈbrandɪs]
The verdict
“Brandis” is uncommon German (frequency #58,644 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,644
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brandis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbrandɪs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brandis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brandis is uncommon German at frequency #58,644 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbrandɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brandis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Brandis, spelled B-R-A-N-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
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 “Brandis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-N-D-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbrandɪs] (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.