Brussels

[ˈbɹʌsəlz]

/[ˈbɹʌsəlz]/ name

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The verdict

“Brussels” is uncommon German (frequency #86,302 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,302
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Belgien; Brüssel

Corpus desk

Index DE-brussels · Brussels · German

Brussels · rank #86,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,302
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brummte

Nearest frequency peer: brummte (-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 „Brussels“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brussels
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrussels
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbɹʌsəlz]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brussels“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brummte“ (#86,301), „Bruttoeinkommen“ (#86,303), „brought“ (#86,300). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brussels“ bei #86,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brussels is uncommon German at frequency #86,302 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbɹʌsəlz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Belgien; Brüssel".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Brussels, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Brussels, spelled B-R-U-S-S-E-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt von Belgien; Brüssel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Brussels appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Brussels is the capital city of Belgium.

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 "Brussels"?
"Brussels" is spelled B-R-U-S-S-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɹʌsəlz].
What does "Brussels" mean?
As a proper noun, "Brussels" means: Hauptstadt von Belgien; Brüssel
How do you pronounce "Brussels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brussels" is [ˈbɹʌsəlz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brussels" come from?
"Brussels" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brüllten#86,304Bäckerin#86,315bettelte#86,277chromium#86,328

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list