Brassen
[ˈbʁasn̩]
The verdict
“Brassen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bis zu 70 cm langer Karpfenfisch, der in Seen und sehr langsam fließenden Flüssen in Europa und Teilen Asiens lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-brassen · Brassen · German
Brassen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁasn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brassen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brassen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bis zu 70 cm langer Karpfenfisch, der in Seen und sehr langsam fließenden Flüssen in Europa und Teilen Asiens lebt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Brassen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Brassen, spelled B-R-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1bis zu 70 cm langer Karpfenfisch, der in Seen und sehr langsam fließenden Flüssen in Europa und Teilen Asiens lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Brassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Keine Freude, sondern ein eher zögerliches ‚Petri Dank‘ erfolgt, wenn wieder einmal der Brassen den Köder nahm, der eigentlich dem Karpfen zugedacht war.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.