no-brainer
"no-brainer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“no-brainer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task, etc.; something requiring little or no thought.
Corpus desk
Index EN-no-brainer · no-brainer · English
no-brainer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | no-brainer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “no-brainer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
no-brainer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task, etc.; something requiring little or no thought.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for no-brainer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From no + brain + -er. The correct English form is no-brainer, spelled N-O---B-R-A-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task, etc.; something requiring little or no thought.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how no-brainer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If the newer version performs as well for half the cost, the decision is a no-brainer.
"Babcock [an engineering services company with a facility at Rosyth] has new contracts for new frigates there, so opening up the opportunities for rail running in is a no-brainer."
Etymology
From no + brain + -er.
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.