Night of Broken Glass
"night-of-broken-glass" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Night of Broken Glass” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Kristallnacht.
Corpus desk
Index EN-night-of-broken-glass · Night of Broken Glass · English
Night of Broken Glass · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | Night of Broken Glass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Night of Broken Glass” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Night of Broken Glass is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Kristallnacht.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Night of Broken Glass in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Kristallnacht. The correct English form is Night of Broken Glass, spelled N-I-G-H-T- -O-F- -B-R-O-K-E-N- -G-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Kristallnacht.
Etymology
Calque of German Kristallnacht.
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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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.