Brüchen

[ˈbʁʏçn̩]

/[ˈbʁʏçn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brüchen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,561 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,561
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bruch

Corpus desk

Index DE-bruchen · Brüchen · German

Brüchen · rank #53,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,561
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brütet

Nearest frequency peer: brütet (+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 „Brüchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brüchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrüchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁʏçn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brüchen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brütet“ (#53,562), „Bruchlandung“ (#53,559), „Bruchhausen“ (#53,558). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brüchen“ bei #53,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brüchen is uncommon German at frequency #53,561 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁʏçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bruch".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Brüchen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Brüchen, spelled B-R-Ü-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bruch

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 "Brüchen"?
"Brüchen" is spelled B-R-Ü-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʏçn̩].
What does "Brüchen" mean?
As a noun, "Brüchen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bruch
How do you pronounce "Brüchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brüchen" is [ˈbʁʏçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brüchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bretten#53,556bonjour#53,552bärtige#53,571Bludenz#53,548

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list