bratwurst
"bratwurst" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bratwurst” is uncommon English (frequency #66,522 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,522
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small pork sausage, usually served fried.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bratwurst · bratwurst · English
bratwurst · rank #66,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,522
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH brainwave
Nearest frequency peer: brainwave (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bratwurst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bootle
Bootle
33,483 corpus weight
- Bossier
Bossier
33,481 corpus weight
- brainwave
brainwave
33,480 corpus weight
- bratwurst
bratwurst
33,479 corpus weight
- brickyard
brickyard
33,478 corpus weight
- Brutalist
Brutalist
33,476 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bratwurst” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bratwurst |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bratwurst” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bratwurst is uncommon English at frequency #66,522 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small pork sausage, usually served fried.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bratwurst in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: Borrowed from German Bratwurst. The word is partly from braten (“to fry”) + Wurst (“sausage”), and partly from an older Middle High German brātwurst, in which brāt is an unrelated word meaning “ground meat” (compare German Brät). In modern German, the term … The correct English form is bratwurst, spelled B-R-A-T-W-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1A small pork sausage, usually served fried.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bratwurst. The word is partly from braten (“to fry”) + Wurst (“sausage”), and partly from an older Middle High German brātwurst, in which brāt is an unrelated word meaning “ground meat” (compare German Brät). In modern German, the term Bratwurst is used almost exclusively for sausages fried or to be fried.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "bratwurst"?
What does "bratwurst" mean?
What is the origin of the word "bratwurst"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bratwurst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency 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.