brougham
/ˈbɹuːəm/
"brougham" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brougham” is uncommon English (frequency #55,976 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,976
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brougham · brougham · English
brougham · rank #55,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,976
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Brickell
Nearest frequency peer: Brickell (-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 “brougham”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- brandis
brandis
44,030 corpus weight
- brandywine
brandywine
44,029 corpus weight
- Brickell
Brickell
44,026 corpus weight
- brougham
brougham
44,025 corpus weight
- Brzezinski
Brzezinski
44,023 corpus weight
- builder's
builder's
44,022 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “brougham” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “brougham” in English
Rare enough to double-check
brougham is uncommon English at frequency #55,976 among 4,121 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brougham appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. “A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties.”
It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
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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