broods
/bɹuːdz/
"broods" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broods” is uncommon English (frequency #58,564 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,564
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of brood
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broods |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɹuːdz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “broods” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
broods is uncommon English at frequency #58,564 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɹuːdz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of brood".
Zero misspellings are on record for broods in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is broods, spelled B-R-O-O-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of brood
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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Using “broods”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-O-O-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɹuːdz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.