brillieren

[bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]

/[bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“brillieren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #99,597 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#99,597
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich mit einer Leistung hervortun

Key facts for brillieren
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,597
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brillieren” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brillieren lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for brillieren is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁɪlˈjiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,597 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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.
What language does "brillieren" come from?
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Using “brillieren”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-R-I-L-L-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bʁɪlˈjiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list