braes
"braes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“braes” is uncommon English (frequency #93,490 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,490
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of brae
Corpus desk
Index EN-braes · braes · English
braes · rank #93,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,490
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH botrytis
Nearest frequency peer: botrytis (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “braes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bookselling
bookselling
6,517 corpus weight
- botrytis
botrytis
6,513 corpus weight
- braes
braes
6,511 corpus weight
- braise
braise
6,509 corpus weight
- bricklaying
bricklaying
6,504 corpus weight
- Brissett
Brissett
6,503 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “braes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “braes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
braes is uncommon English at frequency #93,490 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of brae".
Zero misspellings are on record for braes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is braes, spelled B-R-A-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of brae
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how braes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A garnish of old times; a certain grace / Of pensive memories lays about the braes: / The old chestnuts gossip tales of bygone days.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).