brindle
"brindle" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brindle” is uncommon English (frequency #61,329 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,329
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A streaky colouration in animals.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brindle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brindle” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brindle is uncommon English at frequency #61,329 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
brindle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century. The correct English form is brindle, spelled B-R-I-N-D-L-E.
Definition
- 1A streaky colouration in animals.
- 2An animal so coloured.
Etymology
Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century.
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 “brindle”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-N-D-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.