Brunei
[ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Brunei” is uncommon German (frequency #69,074 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,074
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brunei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brunei” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brunei is uncommon German at frequency #69,074 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Brunei, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Brunei, spelled B-R-U-N-E-I.
Definition
- 1Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo
Synonyms
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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 “Brunei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-U-N-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.