emergency brake
"emergency-brake" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“emergency brake” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
Corpus desk
Index EN-emergency-brake · emergency brake · English
emergency brake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emergency brake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “emergency brake” in English
Rare enough to double-check
emergency brake is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
emergency brake doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is emergency brake, spelled E-M-E-R-G-E-N-C-Y- -B-R-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
- 2A parking brake.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how emergency brake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At 0725, the driver operated the emergency brakes to no immediate effect. [...] As the train passed through Platform 11 at around 30mph, the train manager realised there was a problem and applied the emergency brake, bringing the train to a stand [...].
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.