Bremen

/[ˈbʁeːmən]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,410

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Bremen is aGermanname. It means: eine Stadt an der Weser in Deutschland Pronounced [ˈbʁeːmən]. It ranks #1,410 in German word frequency. Often confused with brenn and Briten.

Key facts for Bremen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBremen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈbʁeːmən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,410
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bremen is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁeːmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,410 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bremen, with forms such as "bbremen", "bermen", and "breemn". 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, "brenn", "Briten", "Bremer", 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 Bremen, spelled B-R-E-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt an der Weser in Deutschland
  2. 2
    Freie Hansestadt Bremen, ein Bundesland der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbremen,bermen,breemn,bremenn,bremmen,bremne,brmeen,brremen,rbemen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bremen

Misspelling Variants of "Bremen"

bbremen7bermen6breemn6bremenn7bremmen7bremne6brmeen6brremen7
Misspelling Variants of "Bremen"

Frequency rank: #1,410 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bremen"?
"Bremen" is spelled B-R-E-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁeːmən].
What does "Bremen" mean?
As a name, "Bremen" means: eine Stadt an der Weser in Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Bremen"?
"Bremen" is commonly confused with "brenn", "Briten", "Bremer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bremen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bremen" is [ˈbʁeːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bremen" come from?
"Bremen" 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.