braise
/bɹeɪz/
"braise" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“braise” is uncommon English (frequency #93,492 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,492
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of braze.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɹeɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “braise” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
braise is uncommon English at frequency #93,492 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɹeɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for braise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dia… The correct English form is braise, spelled B-R-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of braze.
- 2A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
- 3A sauce used for braising.
Etymology
From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.
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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Using “braise”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-A-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.