fire brigade
/ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/
"fire-brigade" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fire brigade” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fire brigade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fire brigade” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fire brigade is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for fire brigade in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is fire brigade, spelled F-I-R-E- -B-R-I-G-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
- 2An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
- 3A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.
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.
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Using “fire brigade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-I-R-E- -B-R-I-G-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.