broker than the Ten Commandments
"broker-than-the-ten-commandments" is a 28-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broker than the Ten Commandments” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 32
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremely impoverished.
Corpus desk
Index EN-broker-than-the-ten-comm · broker than the Ten Commandments · English
broker than the Ten Commandments · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 32 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | broker than the Ten Commandments |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 32 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “broker than the Ten Commandments” in English
Rare enough to double-check
broker than the Ten Commandments is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extremely impoverished.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for broker than the Ten Commandments in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: A pun on the sense of broke 'without money' and broken, with potential reference both to Moses' destruction ('breaking') of the tablets on Mount Sinai (Exodus 32:19) and sinners' violation ('breaking') of the Ten Commandments in daily life. The correct English form is broker than the Ten Commandments, spelled B-R-O-K-E-R- -T-H-A-N- -T-H-E- -T-E-N- -C-O-M-M-A-N-D-M-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Extremely impoverished.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how broker than the Ten Commandments appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I needed money—Dad would have said I was broker than the Ten Commandments—so I went to get my old job back...
Etymology
A pun on the sense of broke 'without money' and broken, with potential reference both to Moses' destruction ('breaking') of the tablets on Mount Sinai (Exodus 32:19) and sinners' violation ('breaking') of the Ten Commandments in daily life.
Synonyms
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.