Brustkorb
[ˈbʁʊstˌkɔʁp]
The verdict
“Brustkorb” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #32,454 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,454
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein bei Wirbeltieren (einschließlich des Menschen) ausgebildetes Knochengerüst, welches aus den Rippen, der oberen Wirbelsäule und dem Brustbein besteht und zur Umschließung des Herzens und der Lun...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brustkorb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁʊstˌkɔʁp] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brustkorb” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Brustkorb is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁʊstˌkɔʁp]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,454 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein bei Wirbeltieren (einschließlich des Menschen) ausgebildetes Knochengerüst, welches aus den Rippen, der oberen Wirbelsäule und dem Brustbein besteht und zur Umschließung des Herzens und der Lun...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brustkorb, with forms such as "bbrustkorb", "brrustkorb", and "brsutkorb". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Brustkorb, spelled B-R-U-S-T-K-O-R-B.
Definition
- 1ein bei Wirbeltieren (einschließlich des Menschen) ausgebildetes Knochengerüst, welches aus den Rippen, der oberen Wirbelsäule und dem Brustbein besteht und zur Umschließung des Herzens und der Lunge dient
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrustkorb,brrustkorb,brsutkorb,brusktorb,brusstkorb,brustkkorb,brustkobr,brustkorbb,brustkorrb,brustkrob,brustokrb,brusttkorb,brutskorb,burstkorb,rbustkorb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brustkorb - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Brustkorb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-U-S-T-K-O-R-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁʊstˌkɔʁp] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.