bratty
/ˈbɹæti/
"bratty" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bratty” is uncommon English (frequency #54,652 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,652
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bratty · bratty · English
bratty · rank #54,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,652
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH brevet
Nearest frequency peer: brevet (+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 “bratty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bluestone
bluestone
45,353 corpus weight
- blustery
blustery
45,352 corpus weight
- bratty
bratty
45,349 corpus weight
- brevet
brevet
45,348 corpus weight
- bristling
bristling
45,347 corpus weight
- Brittain
Brittain
45,346 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bratty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bratty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɹæti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bratty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bratty is uncommon English at frequency #54,652 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɹæti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bratty, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From brat + -y. The correct English form is bratty, spelled B-R-A-T-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
- 2Characteristic of a brat (the qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bratty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie.
Critics are increasingly examining their prejudice towards media that has been derided for its femininity, girlishness and brattiness – perhaps most notably, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, a film that is now praised for the bratty qualities it was derided for in 2006. Indeed, online music magazine Pitchfork "rescored" Charli's EP Vroom Vroom from a 4.5…
Etymology
From brat + -y.
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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