brit milah
"brit-milah" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brit milah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brit-milah · brit milah · English
brit milah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brit milah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “brit milah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
brit milah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for brit milah, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”). The correct English form is brit milah, spelled B-R-I-T- -M-I-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.
- 2A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.