Bruxelles

[bʁysɛl]

/[bʁysɛl]/ noun

The verdict

“Bruxelles” is uncommon German (frequency #54,407 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,407
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-bruxelles · Bruxelles · German

Bruxelles · rank #54,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,407
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brook

Nearest frequency peer: brook (-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 „Bruxelles“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bruxelles
PropertyValue
HeadwordBruxelles
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʁysɛl]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,407
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bruxelles“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brook“ (#54,406), „Bundesnachrichtendienst“ (#54,408), „britischem“ (#54,405). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bruxelles“ bei #54,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bruxelles is uncommon German at frequency #54,407 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʁysɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brüssel".

Bruxelles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bruxelles, spelled B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brüssel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bruxelles est la capitale de l'Union européenne et de la Belgique.

This word in other languages

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

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list