broker
/ˈbɹəʊkə/
"broker" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broker” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,394
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of broke: more broke
Corpus desk
Index EN-broker · broker · English
broker · rank #8,394 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,394
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH br
Nearest frequency peer: br (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “broker”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- biography
biography
91,609 corpus weight
- br
br
91,608 corpus weight
- broker
broker
91,607 corpus weight
- browser
browser
91,606 corpus weight
- bury
bury
91,605 corpus weight
- cellular
cellular
91,604 corpus weight
What this shows “broker” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɹəʊkə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “broker”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around broker (IPA /ˈbɹəʊkə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,394 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of broke: more broke".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for broker, with forms such as "bbroker", "borker", and "brkoer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brooke", "bunker", "brother", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From broke + -er. The correct English form is broker, spelled B-R-O-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of broke: more broke
Etymology
From broke + -er.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroker
- borker
- brkoer
- broekr
- brokerr
- brokker
- brokre
- brroker
- rboker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broker - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "broker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).