Brahmaputra
/ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/
"brahmaputra" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Brahmaputra” is uncommon English (frequency #79,333 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,333
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
| 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) |
Where “Brahmaputra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brahmaputra is uncommon English at frequency #79,333 among 31,241 “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.
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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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-A-H-M-A-P-U-T-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.