brown

[bɹaʊn]

/[bɹaʊn]/ adj

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The verdict

“brown” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,400
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von brauner Farbe

Corpus desk

Index DE-brown · brown · German

brown · rank #6,400 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,400
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH blockiert

Nearest frequency peer: blockiert (-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 „brown“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „brown“ 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).

brown vs brun
60% similar
brown vs bon
60% similar
brown vs bro
60% similar

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

Key facts for brown
PropertyValue
Headwordbrown
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bɹaʊn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,400
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „brown“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „blockiert“ (#6,399), „Bruch“ (#6,401), „besuche“ (#6,398). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brown“ bei #6,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around brown (IPA [bɹaʊn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,400 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von brauner Farbe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for brown, with forms such as "bbrown", "borwn", and "bronw". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brun", "bon", "bro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is brown, spelled B-R-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    von brauner Farbe

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A brown dog is sitting in front of the house.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrown
  • borwn
  • bronw
  • brownn
  • browwn
  • brrown
  • brwon
  • rbown

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brown - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbrown1borwn2bronw2brownn1browwn1brrown1brwon2rbown2
Edit distance from "brown"

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 "brown"?
"brown" is spelled B-R-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bɹaʊn].
What does "brown" mean?
As an adjective, "brown" means: von brauner Farbe
What words are commonly confused with "brown"?
"brown" is commonly confused with "brun", "bon", "bro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brown" is [bɹaʊn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brown" come from?
"brown" 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 "brown", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bruch#6,401coole#6,404tötet#6,368Honig#6,436

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

diente8 variantsdrohen8 variantsAntike8 variantsgarage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list