brat
[bʁaːt]
The verdict
“brat” is uncommon German (frequency #58,646 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,646
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs braten
Corpus desk
Index DE-brat · brat · German
brat · rank #58,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,646
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brandis
Nearest frequency peer: Brandis (-2 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 „brat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bosnische
Bosnische
41,360 corpus weight
- Boutiquen
Boutiquen
41,359 corpus weight
- Boxenstopp
Boxenstopp
41,358 corpus weight
- Brandis
Brandis
41,357 corpus weight
- brat
brat
41,355 corpus weight
- Bulldogge
Bulldogge
41,350 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „brat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bʁaːt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „brat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
brat is uncommon German at frequency #58,646 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs braten".
Zero misspellings are on record for brat in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is brat, spelled B-R-A-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs braten
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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