Brille
[ˈbʁɪlə]
The verdict
“Brille” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,499
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem Augenschutz dienenden Gläsern
Corpus desk
Index DE-brille · Brille · German
Brille · rank #4,499 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,499
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bill
Nearest frequency peer: bill (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Brille“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Betreiber
Betreiber
95,505 corpus weight
- bezeichnete
bezeichnete
95,504 corpus weight
- bill
bill
95,503 corpus weight
- Brille
Brille
95,502 corpus weight
- champions
champions
95,500 corpus weight
- derjenige
derjenige
95,499 corpus weight
What this shows „Brille“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁɪlə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Brille“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Brille (IPA [ˈbʁɪlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,499 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brille, with forms such as "bbrille", "birlle", and "brile". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Bulle", "Brite", "brise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Brille, spelled B-R-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem Augenschutz dienenden Gläsern
- 2ringförmiger Sitz des Klosettbeckens; WC-Brille
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist nicht bekannt, wer die erste Brille herstellte.
„Nachdem sie die Brille geputzt und wieder aufgesetzt hatte, wurde sie des Waldkauzes gewahr, war, wie Schefold, erleichtert darüber, daß er jetzt immer in der obersten Kiste des Höhlenturms saß, nicht zu flattern begann, wenn sie die Hütte betrat.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrille
- birlle
- brile
- brilel
- brlile
- brrille
- rbille
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brille", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).