BRICS
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The verdict
“BRICS” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbund der aufstrebenden Staaten Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika
Corpus desk
Index DE-brics · BRICS · German
BRICS · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BRICS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „BRICS“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
BRICS is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verbund der aufstrebenden Staaten Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika".
BRICS has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is BRICS, spelled B-R-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Verbund der aufstrebenden Staaten Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how BRICS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indonesien, das am 6. Januar 2025 Mitglied der BRICS wurde, ist ein Inselstaat in Südostasien und Australien.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.