Brauch

/[bʁaʊ̯x]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,759

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Brauch is aGermannoun. It means: übliche oder traditionelle Verhaltensweise in einer Gesellschaft Pronounced [bʁaʊ̯x]. It ranks #2,759 in German word frequency. Often confused with Buch and braun.

Key facts for Brauch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrauch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʁaʊ̯x]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,759
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Brauch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brauch is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁaʊ̯x]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,759 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Brauch, with forms such as "baruch", "bbrauch", and "bracuh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Buch", "braun", "Braut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Brauch, spelled B-R-A-U-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    übliche oder traditionelle Verhaltensweise in einer Gesellschaft
  2. 2
    das Benutzen, Verwenden einer Sache zu ihrem Zweck, das Gebrauchen

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: baruch,bbrauch,bracuh,braucch,brauchh,brauhc,brrauch,bruach,rbauch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Brauch

Misspelling Variants of "Brauch"

baruch6bbrauch7bracuh6braucch7brauchh7brauhc6brrauch7bruach6
Misspelling Variants of "Brauch"

Frequency rank: #2,759 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brauch"?
"Brauch" is spelled B-R-A-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁaʊ̯x].
What does "Brauch" mean?
As a noun, "Brauch" means: übliche oder traditionelle Verhaltensweise in einer Gesellschaft
What words are commonly confused with "Brauch"?
"Brauch" is commonly confused with "Buch", "braun", "Braut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Brauch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brauch" is [bʁaʊ̯x]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brauch" come from?
"Brauch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.