brigand
/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/
"brigand" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brigand” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,679 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,679
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An outlaw or bandit.
| 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) |
Where “brigand” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for brigand is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,679 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “brigand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-G-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.