brauchbar
[ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“brauchbar” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,917 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #21,917
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - für etwas geeignet
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 | brauchbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brauchbar” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for brauchbar is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,917 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "für etwas geeignet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for brauchbar, with forms such as "baruchbar", "bbrauchbar", and "bracuhbar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "brauchbare", "brauchbares", "brauchbaren", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is brauchbar, spelled B-R-A-U-C-H-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1für etwas geeignet
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: baruchbar,bbrauchbar,bracuhbar,braucbhar,braucchbar,brauchabr,brauchbarr,brauchbbar,brauchbra,brauchhbar,brauhcbar,brrauchbar,bruachbar,rbauchbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brauchbar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “brauchbar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-U-C-H-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “brauchbare” - see the side-by-side comparison. brauchbar vs brauchbare
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.