Bruch
[bʁʊx]
The verdict
“Bruch” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,401 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,401
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das körperliche Brechen, Zertrennen eines Gegenstandes; Materials; der Ort des Brechens; ein Auseinandergehen, Trennen im weitesten Sinne von Gegenständen, Materialien, Verbindungen, Zusammenschlüssen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bʁʊx] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bruch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bruch is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁʊx]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,401 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bruch, with forms such as "bbruch", "brcuh", and "brruch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buh", "Buch", "bush", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bruch, spelled B-R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1das körperliche Brechen, Zertrennen eines Gegenstandes; Materials; der Ort des Brechens; ein Auseinandergehen, Trennen im weitesten Sinne von Gegenständen, Materialien, Verbindungen, Zusammenschlüssen
- 2eine Knochenfraktur bei Menschen und Tieren
- 3ein Eingeweidebruch bei Menschen und Tieren
- 4ein Nichteinhalten einer Vereinbarung, Vertrages, Übereinkunft
- 5das (gewaltsame) Auflösen, Lösen einer Verbindung
- 6zerbrochene und damit meist in ihrem Wert geminderte Ware
- 7ein eingebrachter Knick in einer Stoffbahn, in einem Bekleidungsstück
- 8eine Verwerfung, eine Störungszone
- 9ein Steinbruch
- 10die Darstellung eines Quotienten von Termen, insbesondere von ganzen Zahlen, bei der man einen zumeist horizontalen Bruchstrich zieht, über diesem als Zähler den Dividenden schreibt und unterhalb als Nenner den Divisor.
- 11abgebrochener Zweig
- 12ein Einbruch
- 13lange, weite Hose, die zum Beispiel Schiffer und Bauern trugen
- 14geronnene und mit der Käseharfe zerteilte Milch, ein Zwischenprodukt bei der Käseherstellung
- 15eine Trübung oder Veränderung in der Farbe bei Most, Wein oder Sekt
- 16der Knick in der Mitte von hochformatigen gefalteten Tageszeitungen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbruch,brcuh,brruch,brucch,bruchh,bruhc,burch,rbuch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bruch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Bruch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-U-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bʁʊx] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “buh” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bruch vs buh
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.