brüll

[bʁʏl]

/[bʁʏl]/ verb

The verdict

“brüll” is uncommon German (frequency #74,417 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,417
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brüllen

Corpus desk

Index DE-brull · brüll · German

brüll · rank #74,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,417
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH broschiert

Nearest frequency peer: broschiert (-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 „brüll“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brüll
PropertyValue
Headwordbrüll
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʁʏl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brüll“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.brüllfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „broschiert“ (#74,416), „brünett“ (#74,418), „brita“ (#74,414). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brüll“ bei #74,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brüll is uncommon German at frequency #74,417 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bʁʏl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brüllen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for brüll, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is brüll, spelled B-R-Ü-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brüllen

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 "brüll"?
"brüll" is spelled B-R-Ü-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁʏl].
What does "brüll" mean?
As a verb, "brüll" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brüllen
How do you pronounce "brüll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brüll" is [bʁʏl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brüll" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list