brachy
/ˈbɹæki/noun
brachy is spelled B-R-A-C-H-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brachy means “Clipping of brachycephalic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brachy is brachys.
How many letters and syllables are in brachy?
| Letters | 6: B-R-A-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is brachy?
Brachy appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brachy?
- /ˈbɹæki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of brachy
- brachys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brachy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of brachycephalic.
In fact over 80 percent of brachys need caesarean sections because they can't give birth properly.
- 2
informalClipping of brachytherapy.
- 3
informalClipping of Brachyrhaphis.
- 4
A breve, as applied to Ancient Greek <˘>.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brachy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense short:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brachy- |
| Portuguese | braqui- |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does brachy come from?
Mostly clippings of various scientific terms prefixed with brachy- (short), from the Ancient Greek βραχύ (brakhú).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).