bromine
/ˈbɹəʊmiːn
"bromine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bromine” is uncommon English (frequency #56,638 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,638
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bromine · bromine · English
bromine · rank #56,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,638
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bucolic
Nearest frequency peer: bucolic (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “bromine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brigid
Brigid
43,368 corpus weight
- brimmed
brimmed
43,367 corpus weight
- broil
broil
43,365 corpus weight
- bromine
bromine
43,363 corpus weight
- bucolic
bucolic
43,362 corpus weight
- Bure
Bure
43,360 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bromine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bromine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹəʊmiːn |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bromine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bromine is uncommon English at frequency #56,638 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹəʊmiːn. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bromine has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From obsolete English brome + -ine, this word being from French brome, from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). The correct English form is bromine, spelled B-R-O-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
- 2A bromine atom
Etymology
From obsolete English brome + -ine, this word being from French brome, from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).
Synonyms
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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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