brillanter

[bʁɪlˈjantɐ]

/[bʁɪlˈjantɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“brillanter” is uncommon German (frequency #51,999 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,999
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant

Corpus desk

Index DE-brillanter · brillanter · German

brillanter · rank #51,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,999
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Briefumschlag

Nearest frequency peer: Briefumschlag (-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 „brillanter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brillanter
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillanter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bʁɪlˈjantɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brillanter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).brillanterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Briefumschlag“ (#51,998), „Brom“ (#52,000), „Brazil“ (#51,997). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brillanter“ bei #51,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brillanter is uncommon German at frequency #51,999 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bʁɪlˈjantɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for brillanter in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is brillanter, spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant

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 "brillanter"?
"brillanter" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁɪlˈjantɐ].
What does "brillanter" mean?
As an adjective, "brillanter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
How do you pronounce "brillanter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brillanter" is [bʁɪlˈjantɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brillanter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list