Brunswick

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The verdict

“Brunswick” is uncommon German (frequency #70,109 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,109
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die norddeutsche Stadt Braunschweig

Corpus desk

Index DE-brunswick · Brunswick · German

Brunswick · rank #70,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,109
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Browsers

Nearest frequency peer: Browsers (-2 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 „Brunswick“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brunswick
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrunswick
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brunswick“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Browsers“ (#70,107), „Brotes“ (#70,106), „Bronzemedaillen“ (#70,105). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brunswick“ bei #70,109. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brunswick is uncommon German at frequency #70,109 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die norddeutsche Stadt Braunschweig".

No misspelling variants are generated for Brunswick in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Brunswick, spelled B-R-U-N-S-W-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    die norddeutsche Stadt Braunschweig

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 "Brunswick"?
"Brunswick" is spelled B-R-U-N-S-W-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Brunswick" mean?
As a proper noun, "Brunswick" means: die norddeutsche Stadt Braunschweig
How do you pronounce "Brunswick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brunswick" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brunswick" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bungalows#70,113Burgstall#70,114Biosphäre#70,093bewässern#70,088

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list