brewmaster

noun

"brewmaster" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“brewmaster” is uncommon English (frequency #97,885 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,885
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person in charge of beer production at a brewery

Corpus desk

Index EN-brewmaster · brewmaster · English

brewmaster · rank #97,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,885
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brer

Nearest frequency peer: Brer (-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 “brewmaster”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “brewmaster” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brewmaster
PropertyValue
Headwordbrewmaster
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,885
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “brewmaster” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).brewmasterfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Brer” (#97,884), “breezing” (#97,883), “brede” (#97,882). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “brewmaster” is #97,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brewmaster is uncommon English at frequency #97,885 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person in charge of beer production at a brewery".

brewmaster has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From brew + master, a calque of German Braumeister. The correct English form is brewmaster, spelled B-R-E-W-M-A-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person in charge of beer production at a brewery

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how brewmaster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery, cites the high cost of labor and storage for these beers, which are made by hand in small lots.

Etymology

From brew + master, a calque of German Braumeister.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brewmaster"?
"brewmaster" is spelled B-R-E-W-M-A-S-T-E-R.
What does "brewmaster" mean?
As a noun, "brewmaster" means: A person in charge of beer production at a brewery
What is the origin of the word "brewmaster"?
From brew + master, a calque of German Braumeister. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brewmaster", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list