Brille

/[ˈbʁɪlə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,499

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Brille is aGermannoun. It means: vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem Augenschutz dienenden Gläsern Pronounced [ˈbʁɪlə]. It ranks #4,499 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bulle and Brite.

Key facts for Brille
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrille
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁɪlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,499
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Brille in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brille is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁɪlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,499 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Brille, with forms such as "bbrille", "birlle", and "brile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Brille, spelled B-R-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem Augenschutz dienenden Gläsern
  2. 2
    ringförmiger Sitz des Klosettbeckens; WC-Brille

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrille,birlle,brile,brilel,brlile,brrille,rbille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Brille

Misspelling Variants of "Brille"

bbrille7birlle6brile5brilel6brlile6brrille7rbille6
Misspelling Variants of "Brille"

Frequency rank: #4,499 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brille"?
"Brille" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁɪlə].
What does "Brille" mean?
As a noun, "Brille" means: vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem Augenschutz dienenden Gläsern
What words are commonly confused with "Brille"?
"Brille" is commonly confused with "Bulle", "Brite", "brise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Brille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brille" is [ˈbʁɪlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brille" come from?
"Brille" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.