Brustbein
[ˈbʁʊstˌbaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Brustbein” is uncommon German (frequency #67,072 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,072
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein flacher Knochen als Bestandteil des Brustkorbes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brustbein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁʊstˌbaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brustbein” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brustbein is uncommon German at frequency #67,072 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁʊstˌbaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein flacher Knochen als Bestandteil des Brustkorbes".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Brustbein, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Brustbein, spelled B-R-U-S-T-B-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1ein flacher Knochen als Bestandteil des Brustkorbes
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-U-S-T-B-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.