Brno
/ˈbɜːnəʊ/
"brno" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Brno” is uncommon English (frequency #52,827 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,827
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital of the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brno · Brno · English
Brno · rank #52,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,827
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bucked
Nearest frequency peer: bucked (+2 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 “Brno”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brazos
Brazos
47,178 corpus weight
- Breslin
Breslin
47,177 corpus weight
- Brno
Brno
47,174 corpus weight
- bucked
bucked
47,172 corpus weight
- bulking
bulking
47,171 corpus weight
- Bundestag
Bundestag
47,170 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Brno” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brno |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɜːnəʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Brno” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Brno is uncommon English at frequency #52,827 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbɜːnəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital of the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic.".
Brno doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Brno, spelled B-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1The capital of the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic.
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 "Brno"?
What does "Brno" mean?
How do you pronounce "Brno"?
What language does "Brno" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brno", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).