brauche

/[ˈbʁaʊ̯xə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,470

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brauche is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen Pronounced [ˈbʁaʊ̯xə]. It ranks #1,470 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bruch and Buche.

Key facts for brauche
PropertyValue
Headwordbrauche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbʁaʊ̯xə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,470
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for brauche is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁaʊ̯xə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,470 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for brauche, with forms such as "baruche", "bbrauche", and "bracuhe". 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, "Bruch", "Buche", "Bruce", 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 brauche, spelled B-R-A-U-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: baruche,bbrauche,bracuhe,braucche,brauceh,brauchhe,brauhce,brrauche,bruache,rbauche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brauche

Misspelling Variants of "brauche"

baruche7bbrauche8bracuhe7braucche8brauceh7brauchhe8brauhce7brrauche8
Misspelling Variants of "brauche"

Frequency rank: #1,470 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brauche"?
"brauche" is spelled B-R-A-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁaʊ̯xə].
What does "brauche" mean?
As a verb, "brauche" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen
What words are commonly confused with "brauche"?
"brauche" is commonly confused with "Bruch", "Buche", "Bruce". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brauche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brauche" is [ˈbʁaʊ̯xə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brauche" come from?
"brauche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.