Brom

[bʁoːm]

/[bʁoːm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brom” is uncommon German (frequency #52,000 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,000
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 35, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-brom · Brom · German

Brom · rank #52,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,000
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brillanter

Nearest frequency peer: brillanter (-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 „Brom“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brom
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrom
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʁoːm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#52,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brom“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bromfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brillanter“ (#51,999), „Bumerang“ (#52,001), „Briefumschlag“ (#51,998). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brom“ bei #52,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brom is uncommon German at frequency #52,000 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 35, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört".

Brom has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Brom, spelled B-R-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 35, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Brom ist bei Zimmertemperatur flüssig.
  2. „Brom verhält sich chemisch wie das leichtere Chlor, reagiert aber im gasförmigen Zustand weniger energisch.“

This word in other languages

bromine(English)bromo(Español)brome(Français)bromo(Português)

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 "Brom"?
"Brom" is spelled B-R-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁoːm].
What does "Brom" mean?
As a noun, "Brom" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 35, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört
How do you pronounce "Brom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brom" is [bʁoːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brom" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Duff#52,031ames#51,907Alis#51,903geek#52,101

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list