braked

/bɹeɪkt/

//bɹeɪkt// verb

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"braked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“braked” is uncommon English (frequency #62,013 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,013
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of brake

Key facts for braked
PropertyValue
Headwordbraked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɹeɪkt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,013
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “braked” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). braked lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

braked is uncommon English at frequency #62,013 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /bɹeɪkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of brake".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for braked, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is braked, spelled B-R-A-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of brake

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braked"?
"braked" is spelled B-R-A-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /bɹeɪkt/.
What does "braked" mean?
As a verb, "braked" means: simple past and past participle of brake
How do you pronounce "braked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braked" is /bɹeɪkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braked" come from?
"braked" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “braked”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-R-A-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /bɹeɪkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list