Brittany

[ˈbɹɪtəni]

/[ˈbɹɪtəni]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brittany” is uncommon German (frequency #61,374 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,374
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bretagne

Corpus desk

Index DE-brittany · Brittany · German

Brittany · rank #61,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,374
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brumm

Nearest frequency peer: brumm (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Brittany“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brittany“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brittany
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrittany
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɹɪtəni]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,374
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brittany“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Brittanyfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brumm“ (#61,375), „Buchweizen“ (#61,376), „breitesten“ (#61,371). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brittany“ bei #61,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brittany is uncommon German at frequency #61,374 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɹɪtəni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Brittany in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Brittany, spelled B-R-I-T-T-A-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Bretagne
  2. 2
    Bretonischer Vorstehhund (Epagneul Breton)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Let's go to Brittany! (Fahren wir in die Bretagne!)
  2. He is a Brittany. (Er ist ein Epagneul Breton.)

Synonyms

Bretagne

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 "Brittany"?
"Brittany" is spelled B-R-I-T-T-A-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɹɪtəni].
What does "Brittany" mean?
As a noun, "Brittany" means: die Bretagne
How do you pronounce "Brittany"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brittany" is [ˈbɹɪtəni]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brittany" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Burgberg#61,378Bosnisch#61,367bewachte#61,356bestickt#61,350

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list