brink
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The verdict
“brink” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,421
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht)
Corpus desk
Index DE-brink · brink · German
brink · rank #37,421 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,421
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brennweite
Nearest frequency peer: Brennweite (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “brink”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bremens
Bremens
62,582 corpus weight
- Brennweite
Brennweite
62,581 corpus weight
- brink
brink
62,580 corpus weight
- bräunlich
bräunlich
62,579 corpus weight
- bums
bums
62,577 corpus weight
- Bundespost
Bundespost
62,576 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “brink” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | brink |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brink” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around brink (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,421 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for brink, with forms such as "bbrink", "birnk", and "brikn". 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is brink, spelled B-R-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht)
- 2Ufer, Böschung (besonders eines Flusses)
- 3Rand, Schwelle: der Punkt an dem sich etwas wahrscheinlich dramatisch ändert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009.
Mr Carter said: "These majestic animals occur naturally in low numbers and, without protection, could be pushed to the brink of extinction.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrink
- birnk
- brikn
- brinkk
- brinnk
- brnik
- brrink
- rbink
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brink - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brink", 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).
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.