bring

[bʁɪŋ]

/[bʁɪŋ]/ verb

The verdict

“bring” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,688
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bring · bring · German

bring · rank #5,688 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,688
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH BRD

Nearest frequency peer: BRD (-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 „bring“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bring“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bring vs brun
60% similar
bring vs Bruno
40% similar
bring vs Brite
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bring
PropertyValue
Headwordbring
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʁɪŋ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,688
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bring“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bringliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „BRD“ (#5,687), „Bronze“ (#5,689), „berücksichtigen“ (#5,686). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bring“ bei #5,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bring (IPA [bʁɪŋ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,688 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bring, with forms such as "bbring", "birng", and "brign". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brun", "Bruno", "Brite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bring, spelled B-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbring
  • birng
  • brign
  • bringg
  • brinng
  • brnig
  • brring
  • rbing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bring - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbring1birng2brign2bringg1brinng1brnig2brring1rbing2
Edit distance from "bring"

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 "bring"?
"bring" is spelled B-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁɪŋ].
What does "bring" mean?
As a verb, "bring" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bringen
What words are commonly confused with "bring"?
"bring" is commonly confused with "brun", "Bruno", "Brite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bring"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bring" is [bʁɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bring" come from?
"bring" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list