brich

[bʁɪç]

/[bʁɪç]/ verb

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The verdict

“brich” is uncommon German (frequency #53,557 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,557
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-brich · brich · German

brich · rank #53,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,557
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bretten

Nearest frequency peer: Bretten (-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 „brich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „brich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brich
PropertyValue
Headwordbrich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʁɪç]
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brich“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).brichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bretten“ (#53,556), „Bruchhausen“ (#53,558), „brems“ (#53,555). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brich“ bei #53,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brich is uncommon German at frequency #53,557 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brechen".

brich has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 brich, spelled B-R-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brechen

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 "brich"?
"brich" is spelled B-R-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁɪç].
What does "brich" mean?
As a verb, "brich" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brechen
How do you pronounce "brich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brich" is [bʁɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brich" come from?
"brich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

brems#53,555bisse#53,545Bahre#53,505babes#53,503

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list