brauchst
[bʁaʊ̯xst]
The verdict
“brauchst” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,140
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen
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 | brauchst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bʁaʊ̯xst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brauchst” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around brauchst (IPA [bʁaʊ̯xst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,140 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for brauchst, with forms such as "baruchst", "bbrauchst", and "bracuhst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "braucht", "brauchte", "Brauch", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 brauchst, spelled B-R-A-U-C-H-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brauchen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- baruchst
- bbrauchst
- bracuhst
- braucchst
- brauchhst
- brauchsst
- brauchstt
- brauchts
- braucsht
- brauhcst
- brrauchst
- bruachst
- rbauchst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brauchst - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “brauchst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-U-C-H-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bʁaʊ̯xst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “braucht” - see the side-by-side comparison. brauchst vs braucht
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.