brisanter
[bʁiˈzantɐ]
The verdict
“brisanter” is uncommon German (frequency #90,065 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,065
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brisant
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brisanter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bʁiˈzantɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brisanter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brisanter is uncommon German at frequency #90,065 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bʁiˈzantɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
brisanter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 brisanter, spelled B-R-I-S-A-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brisant
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brisant
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brisant
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brisant
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brisant
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.
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Using “brisanter”
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- The one correct German spelling is B-R-I-S-A-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.