Brunei

/[ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,074

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Brunei is aGermanname. It means: Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo Pronounced [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯].

Key facts for Brunei
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrunei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#69,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Brunei in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brunei is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,074 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo".

No misspelling variants are generated for Brunei in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Brunei, spelled B-R-U-N-E-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #69,074 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brunei"?
"Brunei" is spelled B-R-U-N-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯].
What does "Brunei" mean?
As a name, "Brunei" means: Staat auf der asiatischen Insel Borneo
How do you pronounce "Brunei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brunei" is [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brunei" come from?
"Brunei" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.