Brathähnchen
[ˈbʁaːtˌhɛːnçən]
The verdict
“Brathähnchen” is uncommon German (frequency #98,225 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,225
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein am Grill oder im Backofen gebratenes Huhn
Corpus desk
Index DE-brathahnchen · Brathähnchen · German
Brathähnchen · rank #98,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,225
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Brasserie
Nearest frequency peer: Brasserie (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Brathähnchen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Brachland
Brachland
1,779 corpus weight
- branca
branca
1,778 corpus weight
- Brasserie
Brasserie
1,777 corpus weight
- Brathähnchen
Brathähnchen
1,776 corpus weight
- breast
breast
1,775 corpus weight
- breiterer
breiterer
1,773 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Brathähnchen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brathähnchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaːtˌhɛːnçən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #98,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brathähnchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brathähnchen is uncommon German at frequency #98,225 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁaːtˌhɛːnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein am Grill oder im Backofen gebratenes Huhn".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brathähnchen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Brathähnchen, spelled B-R-A-T-H-Ä-H-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein am Grill oder im Backofen gebratenes Huhn
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brathähnchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.