Britannien
[bʁiˈtani̯ən]
The verdict
“Britannien” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #36,234 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #36,234
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Großbritannien
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Britannien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bʁiˈtani̯ən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Britannien” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Britannien is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁiˈtani̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,234 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Britannien, with forms such as "bbritannien", "birtannien", and "briatnnien". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Britannien, spelled B-R-I-T-A-N-N-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Großbritannien
- 2die Insel Großbritannien, die römische Provinz
- 3der britische Staat
- 4der britische Staat
- 5der britische Staat
- 6der britische Staat
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbritannien,birtannien,briatnnien,britanien,britaninen,britannein,britannienn,britannine,britnanien,brittannien,brritannien,brtiannien,rbitannien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Britannien - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Britannien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-I-T-A-N-N-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bʁiˈtani̯ən] (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.