brig

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The verdict

“brig” is uncommon German (frequency #55,205 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,205
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Militärgefängnis in englischsprachigen Staaten an Bord eines Schiffes der Navy, der Küstenwache oder auf einem Stützpunkt der Marine oder des Marine Corps

Key facts for brig
PropertyValue
Headwordbrig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brig” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brig lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brig is uncommon German at frequency #55,205 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Militärgefängnis in englischsprachigen Staaten an Bord eines Schiffes der Navy, der Küstenwache oder auf einem Stützpunkt der Marine oder des Marine Corps".

No generated misspelling entries exist for brig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is brig, spelled B-R-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Militärgefängnis in englischsprachigen Staaten an Bord eines Schiffes der Navy, der Küstenwache oder auf einem Stützpunkt der Marine oder des Marine Corps

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 "brig"?
"brig" is spelled B-R-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "brig" mean?
As a noun, "brig" means: Militärgefängnis in englischsprachigen Staaten an Bord eines Schiffes der Navy, der Küstenwache oder auf einem Stützpunkt der Marine oder des Marine Corps
How do you pronounce "brig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brig" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brig" come from?
"brig" 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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Using “brig”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-R-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list