brand
/ˈbɹænd/noun, verb
brand is spelled B-R-A-N-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brand means “A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brand is brands.
How many letters and syllables are in brand?
| Letters | 5: B-R-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 68 times per million words; the 1,562nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is brand?
Brand appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brand?
- UK /ˈbɹænd/
- UK [ˈbɹʷænd] ~ [bɹʷand]
- British /ˈbɹand/
Brand has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-brand.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with brand?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as brand from its last stressed vowel (/ænd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of brand
- brands plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- branding participle, present
- branded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brand mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- 2
A branding iron.
- 3
The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- 4
A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar.
- 5
Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
I didn’t appreciate his particular brand of flattery.
- 6
The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- 7
A mark of infamy; stigma.
- 8
Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
verb
- 1
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
- 2
To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
- 3
To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
Her face is branded upon my memory.
- 4
To stigmatize, label (someone).
He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
- 5
To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
- 6
To be very hot, to burn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brand in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tison , marque , style , flétrir , marquer , graver |
| Portuguese | tição , marca a fogo , marcar a ferro quente , marca |
| Spanish | tizón , marca, marca de fábrica, marca registrada , marca comercial , tildar |
| German | Brandzeichen, Brandmal, Zuchtbrand , Marke, Label |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does brand come from?
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; brew”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).