brooks

/[bɹʊks]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,195

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

brooks is aGermannoun. It means: Plural des Substantivs brook Pronounced [bɹʊks]. Often confused with bros and book.

Key facts for brooks
PropertyValue
Headwordbrooks
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɹʊks]
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,195
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for brooks is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɹʊks]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,195 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plural des Substantivs brook".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for brooks, with forms such as "bbrooks", "boroks", and "brokos". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bros", "book", "boos", 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 brooks, spelled B-R-O-O-K-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs brook

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrooks,boroks,brokos,broks,brookks,brookss,broosk,brrooks,rbooks

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brooks

Misspelling Variants of "brooks"

bbrooks7boroks6brokos6broks5brookks7brookss7broosk6brrooks7
Misspelling Variants of "brooks"

Frequency rank: #18,195 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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