brougham
/ˈbɹuːəm/
"brougham" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brougham” is uncommon English (frequency #55,976 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,976
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brougham |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹuːəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brougham” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brougham is uncommon English at frequency #55,976 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹuːəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
brougham has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after British statesman Lord Brougham (1778–1868), who either invented or popularized the vehicle. The correct English form is brougham, spelled B-R-O-U-G-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.
- 2An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
Etymology
Named after British statesman Lord Brougham (1778–1868), who either invented or popularized the vehicle.
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 “brougham”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-O-U-G-H-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.