Brahmaputra
/ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/
"brahmaputra" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Brahmaputra” is uncommon English (frequency #79,333 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,333
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brahmaputra · Brahmaputra · English
Brahmaputra · rank #79,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,333
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Brahmana
Nearest frequency peer: Brahmana (-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 “Brahmaputra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Boutros
Boutros
20,672 corpus weight
- Brahmana
Brahmana
20,669 corpus weight
- Brahmaputra
Brahmaputra
20,668 corpus weight
- Bratz
Bratz
20,667 corpus weight
- breathlessn…
breathlessness
20,664 corpus weight
- Brinkman
Brinkman
20,662 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Brahmaputra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brahmaputra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Brahmaputra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Brahmaputra is uncommon English at frequency #79,333 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Brahmaputra in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”). The correct English form is Brahmaputra, spelled B-R-A-H-M-A-P-U-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Brahmaputra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).
Synonyms
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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