Brechung
[ˈbʁɛçʊŋ]
The verdict
“Brechung” is uncommon German (frequency #77,778 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,778
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Richtungsänderung einer Welle auf Grund einer lokalen Änderung der Brechzahl
Corpus desk
Index DE-brechung · Brechung · German
Brechung · rank #77,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,778
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bredouille
Nearest frequency peer: Bredouille (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Brechung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bopfingen
Bopfingen
22,230 corpus weight
- Brechung
Brechung
22,223 corpus weight
- Bredouille
Bredouille
22,222 corpus weight
- BRG
BRG
22,220 corpus weight
- Brösel
Brösel
22,218 corpus weight
- brüchige
brüchige
22,217 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brechung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brechung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁɛçʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brechung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brechung is uncommon German at frequency #77,778 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁɛçʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Brechung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Brechung, spelled B-R-E-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Richtungsänderung einer Welle auf Grund einer lokalen Änderung der Brechzahl
- 2Bezeichnung für verschiedene Arten von Vokaländerungen aufgrund von Assimilation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brechung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein schräg ins Wasser eingetauchter Stab sieht durch die Brechung geknickt aus.
„Im Osten stiegen dünne Nebelschwaden auf und leuchteten durch die Brechung des Sonnenlichts in allen Spektralfarben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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