Brigittenau
[bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Brigittenau” is uncommon German (frequency #95,364 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,364
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zwanzigster Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brigittenau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brigittenau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brigittenau is uncommon German at frequency #95,364 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Brigittenau has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Brigittenau, spelled B-R-I-G-I-T-T-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1zwanzigster Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien
- 2ehemaliger Vorort, nunmehr Ortsteil des gleichnamigen Bezirkes
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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Using “Brigittenau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-I-G-I-T-T-E-N-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.