britisch

[ˈbʁɪtɪʃ]

/[ˈbʁɪtɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“britisch” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,274
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großbritannien oder Briten betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-britisch · britisch · German

britisch · rank #24,274 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,274
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH blanke

Nearest frequency peer: blanke (-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 „britisch“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „britisch“ 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).

britisch vs British
75% similar
britisch vs britische
89% similar
britisch vs britischen
80% similar

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

Key facts for britisch
PropertyValue
Headwordbritisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbʁɪtɪʃ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,274
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „britisch“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „blanke“ (#24,273), „Bundesministeriums“ (#24,275), „biegt“ (#24,272). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „britisch“ bei #24,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around britisch (IPA [ˈbʁɪtɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,274 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Großbritannien oder Briten betreffend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for britisch, with forms such as "bbritisch", "birtisch", and "briitsch". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "British", "britische", "britischen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is britisch, spelled B-R-I-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Großbritannien oder Briten betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how britisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die ‚Tribune‘ war die erste Zeitung, welche die Aufmerksamkeit auf die bedenkliche Abnahme des britischen Exporthandels mit Ostindien lenkte, eine Abnahme, die am deutlichsten bei den Haupthandelsartikeln, wie Baumwollwaren und Baumwollgarn wurde.“
  2. „Auch gegenüber dem rabiaten Expansionskurs der USA zeigte sich die britische Regierung nachgiebig.“

Synonyms

großbritannisch

This word in other languages

British(English)británico(Español)britannique(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbritisch
  • birtisch
  • briitsch
  • briticsh
  • britiscch
  • britischh
  • britishc
  • britissch
  • britsich
  • brittisch
  • brritisch
  • brtiisch
  • rbitisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbritisch1birtisch2briitsch2briticsh2britiscch1britischh1britishc2britissch1
Edit distance from "britisch"

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 "britisch"?
"britisch" is spelled B-R-I-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁɪtɪʃ].
What does "britisch" mean?
As an adjective, "britisch" means: Großbritannien oder Briten betreffend
What words are commonly confused with "britisch"?
"britisch" is commonly confused with "British", "britische", "britischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "britisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "britisch" is [ˈbʁɪtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "britisch" come from?
"britisch" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

besiegten13 variantsElfenbein13 variantsüberlegte13 variantszuzusehen13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list