brownfield
noun, adjective
brownfield is spelled B-R-O-W-N-F-I-E-L-D: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brownfield means “A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brownfield is brownfields.
How many letters and syllables are in brownfield?
| Letters | 10: B-R-O-W-N-F-I-E-L-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is brownfield?
Brownfield appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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).
How do you pronounce brownfield?
Brownfield has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-brownfield.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of brownfield
- brownfields plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brownfield mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing.
adjective
- 1
Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
a brownfield project
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brownfield in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense previously industrial site for development:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | zone de friche, site pollué |
| German | Brachfläche, Altstandort |
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 brownfield come from?
From brown + field.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).