braun

[bʁaʊ̯n]

/[bʁaʊ̯n]/ adj

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The verdict

“braun” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,537
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine erdige Farbe habend, in der Farbe von additiv dunklen Mischungen aus Gelb, Rot und Grün in unterschiedlichen Anteilen

Corpus desk

Index DE-braun · braun · German

braun · rank #2,537 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,537
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bitten

Nearest frequency peer: bitten (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „braun“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „braun“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

braun vs brav
60% similar
braun vs brut
60% similar
braun vs brun
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for braun
PropertyValue
Headwordbraun
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bʁaʊ̯n]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,537
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „braun“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).braunliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bitten“ (#2,536), „beobachtet“ (#2,535), „echten“ (#2,539). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „braun“ bei #2,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around braun (IPA [bʁaʊ̯n]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,537 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for braun, with forms such as "barun", "bbraun", and "branu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brav", "brut", "brun", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is braun, spelled B-R-A-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine erdige Farbe habend, in der Farbe von additiv dunklen Mischungen aus Gelb, Rot und Grün in unterschiedlichen Anteilen
  2. 2
    dunkel (auf die Hautfarbe bezogen)
  3. 3
    dem rechten politischen Rand zugehörig, auf diesen bezogen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how braun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dieser braune Vogel gehört bestimmt zur Familie der Drosseln.
  2. Wir wurden braun auf Borkum und auf Sylt.

Antonyms

schwarzblaurotgrüngelb

This word in other languages

brown(English)marrón(Español)marron(Français)castanho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barun
  • bbraun
  • branu
  • braunn
  • brraun
  • bruan
  • rbaun

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of braun - 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.

barun2bbraun1branu2braunn1brraun1bruan2rbaun2
Edit distance from "braun"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braun"?
"braun" is spelled B-R-A-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁaʊ̯n].
What does "braun" mean?
As an adjective, "braun" means: eine erdige Farbe habend, in der Farbe von additiv dunklen Mischungen aus Gelb, Rot und Grün in unterschiedlichen Anteilen
What words are commonly confused with "braun"?
"braun" is commonly confused with "brav", "brut", "brun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "braun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braun" is [bʁaʊ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braun" come from?
"braun" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "braun", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Engel#2,541Krise#2,550Milch#2,553story#2,519

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bitten7 variantsrufen7 variantsöfter7 variantsAlltag7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list