brass
[bʁas]
The verdict
“brass” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,479
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-brass · brass · German
brass · rank #31,479 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,479
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH branding
Nearest frequency peer: branding (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „brass“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- blutiger
blutiger
68,525 corpus weight
- branding
branding
68,523 corpus weight
- brass
brass
68,522 corpus weight
- breakfast
breakfast
68,521 corpus weight
- Briefes
Briefes
68,520 corpus weight
- Brustwarzen
Brustwarzen
68,519 corpus weight
What this shows „brass“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brass |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bʁas] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „brass“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around brass (IPA [bʁas]), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,479 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brassen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for brass, with forms such as "bbrass", "braß", and "brrass". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brav", "bros", "buss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is brass, spelled B-R-A-S-S.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brassen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrass
- braß
- brrass
- brsas
- rbass
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brass - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brass", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).