braggart
/ˈbɹæɡɑːt/
"braggart" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“braggart” is uncommon English (frequency #80,265 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,265
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-braggart · braggart · English
braggart · rank #80,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,265
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bradycardia
Nearest frequency peer: bradycardia (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “braggart”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bradycardia
bradycardia
19,737 corpus weight
- braggart
braggart
19,736 corpus weight
- breakdancing
breakdancing
19,734 corpus weight
- breccia
breccia
19,733 corpus weight
- brekkie
brekkie
19,732 corpus weight
- Breville
Breville
19,731 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “braggart” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braggart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “braggart” in English
Rare enough to double-check
braggart is uncommon English at frequency #80,265 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who constantly brags or boasts.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for braggart in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established. The correct English form is braggart, spelled B-R-A-G-G-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how braggart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And Braggart with my tongue.
Shallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes.
Etymology
From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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