brigand
/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/
"brigand" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brigand” is uncommon English (frequency #75,679 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,679
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An outlaw or bandit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brigand · brigand · English
brigand · rank #75,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,679
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Brion
Nearest frequency peer: Brion (+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 “brigand”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- borgo
borgo
24,328 corpus weight
- brigand
brigand
24,322 corpus weight
- Brion
Brion
24,321 corpus weight
- bristly
bristly
24,320 corpus weight
- broadleaf
broadleaf
24,319 corpus weight
- brushy
brushy
24,315 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “brigand” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brigand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “brigand” in English
Rare enough to double-check
brigand is uncommon English at frequency #75,679 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An outlaw or bandit.".
brigand doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin. The correct English form is brigand, spelled B-R-I-G-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1An outlaw or bandit.
Etymology
From Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).