brede
"brede" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brede” is uncommon English (frequency #97,882 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,882
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornamental embroidery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brede · brede · English
brede · rank #97,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,882
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH breezing
Nearest frequency peer: breezing (+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 “brede”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- borohydride
borohydride
2,127 corpus weight
- bowstring
bowstring
2,122 corpus weight
- brede
brede
2,119 corpus weight
- breezing
breezing
2,118 corpus weight
- Brer
Brer
2,117 corpus weight
- brewmaster
brewmaster
2,116 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “brede” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brede |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “brede” in English
Rare enough to double-check
brede is uncommon English at frequency #97,882 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for brede in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of braid. The correct English form is brede, spelled B-R-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1Ornamental embroidery.
- 2A braid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] while now the bright-hair'd Sun / Sits in yon western Tent, whose cloudy Skirts, / With Brede ethereal wove
The colours all inflam’d throughout her train, / She writh’d about, convuls’d with scarlet pain: / A deep volcanian yellow took the place / Of all her milder-mooned body’s grace; / And, as the lava ravishes the mead, / Spoilt all her silver mail, and golden brede; […]
Etymology
A variant of braid.
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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