bracken
/ˈbɹækən/
"bracken" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bracken” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,835
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bracken · bracken · English
bracken · rank #37,835 · 11 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,835
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Boucher
Nearest frequency peer: Boucher (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “bracken”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bodywork
bodywork
62,170 corpus weight
- bookcase
bookcase
62,168 corpus weight
- Boucher
Boucher
62,167 corpus weight
- bracken
bracken
62,166 corpus weight
- bridle
bridle
62,165 corpus weight
- bruv
bruv
62,164 corpus weight
What this shows “bracken” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bracken |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹækən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bracken”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bracken (IPA /ˈbɹækən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,835 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bracken, with forms such as "barcken", "bbracken", and "braccken". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "brake", "broken", "brakes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish b… The correct English form is bracken, spelled B-R-A-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
- 2An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
Etymology
From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- barcken
- bbracken
- braccken
- bracekn
- brackenn
- brackken
- brackne
- brakcen
- brcaken
- brracken
- rbacken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bracken - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).