brolga
noun
brolga is spelled B-R-O-L-G-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brolga means “A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brolga is brolgas.
How many letters and syllables are in brolga?
| Letters | 6: B-R-O-L-G-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is brolga?
Brolga appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with brolga?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as brolga.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: balrog.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of brolga
- brolgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brolga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.
We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brolga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an Australian crane:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grue brolga |
| German | Brolgakranich |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does brolga come from?
From Gamilaraay burralga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).