Browning
[ˈbɹaʊ̯nɪŋ]
The verdict
“Browning” is uncommon German (frequency #50,348 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,348
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von der Firma Browning Arms Company hergestellte Waffe
Corpus desk
Index DE-browning · Browning · German
Browning · rank #50,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,348
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Brotzeit
Nearest frequency peer: Brotzeit (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Browning”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- brandgefähr…
brandgefährlich
49,657 corpus weight
- broke
broke
49,656 corpus weight
- Brotzeit
Brotzeit
49,654 corpus weight
- Browning
Browning
49,653 corpus weight
- Buchform
Buchform
49,652 corpus weight
- Bulgariens
Bulgariens
49,650 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Browning” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Browning |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɹaʊ̯nɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Browning” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Browning is uncommon German at frequency #50,348 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɹaʊ̯nɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von der Firma Browning Arms Company hergestellte Waffe".
Browning has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is Browning, spelled B-R-O-W-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1von der Firma Browning Arms Company hergestellte Waffe
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.