brillieren

[bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]

/[bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“brillieren” is uncommon German (frequency #99,597 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,597
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich mit einer Leistung hervortun

Corpus desk

Index DE-brillieren · brillieren · German

brillieren · rank #99,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,597
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brenners

Nearest frequency peer: Brenners (-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 „brillieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brillieren
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,597
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brillieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.brillierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Brenners“ (#99,596), „Brokat“ (#99,598), „Brandmelder“ (#99,595). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brillieren“ bei #99,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brillieren is uncommon German at frequency #99,597 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich mit einer Leistung hervortun".

brillieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is brillieren, spelled B-R-I-L-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich mit einer Leistung hervortun

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how brillieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie brillierte in sämtlichen Tests.
  2. „Unsicher, was er mit sich und seinem Leben anfangen soll, entschließt sich Hernried, der bei einigen Schulaufführungen brilliert hat, nach der Matura Schauspieler zu werden.“

Synonyms

glänzenhervortun

This word in other languages

shine(English)briller(Français)

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 "brillieren"?
"brillieren" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁɪlˈjiːʁən].
What does "brillieren" mean?
As a verb, "brillieren" means: sich mit einer Leistung hervortun
How do you pronounce "brillieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brillieren" is [bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Buchrücken#99,601Chlamydien#99,622besonnenen#99,565Bergregion#99,557

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list