brise

/[bʁiz]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,930

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brise is aGermannoun. It means: Brise, Lüftchen Pronounced [bʁiz]. Often confused with bros and Brust.

Key facts for brise
PropertyValue
Headwordbrise
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʁiz]
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,930
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of brise in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for brise is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁiz]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,930 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Brise, Lüftchen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for brise, with forms such as "bbrise", "birse", and "bries". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bros", "Brust", "Busse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is brise, spelled B-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brise, Lüftchen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrise,birse,bries,brisse,brrise,brsie,rbise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brise

Misspelling Variants of "brise"

bbrise6birse5bries5brisse6brrise6brsie5rbise5
Misspelling Variants of "brise"

Frequency rank: #25,930 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brise"?
"brise" is spelled B-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁiz].
What does "brise" mean?
As a noun, "brise" means: Brise, Lüftchen
What words are commonly confused with "brise"?
"brise" is commonly confused with "bros", "Brust", "Busse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brise" is [bʁiz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brise" come from?
"brise" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.