Bremen

\ˈbʁeːmən\

/\ˈbʁeːmən\/ name

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The verdict

“Bremen” is uncommon French (frequency #87,394 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,394
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brême (ville allemande).

Corpus desk

Index FR-bremen · Bremen · French

Bremen · rank #87,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,394
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH branlait

Nearest frequency peer: branlait (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Bremen »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bremen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bremen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBremen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈbʁeːmən\
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bremen » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Brementombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « branlait » (#87,393), « brevis » (#87,395), « brindes » (#87,396). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bremen » est au #87,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bremen is uncommon French at frequency #87,394 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈbʁeːmən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Bremen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bremen, spelled B-R-E-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brême (ville allemande).
  2. 2
    Brême, un des seize Länder d’Allemagne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bremen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Hansestadt Bremen liegt an der Weser.
  2. Alle Jahre wieder gilt an Karfreitag ein Tanzverbot. (...) Rechtlich gesehen ist das Verbot Ländersache. Mit 84 Stunden gilt es in Rheinland-Pfalz am längsten, in Bremen hingegen nur 15 Stunden.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bremen"?
"Bremen" is spelled B-R-E-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbʁeːmən\.
What does "Bremen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bremen" means: Brême (ville allemande).
How do you pronounce "Bremen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bremen" is \ˈbʁeːmən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bremen" come from?
"Bremen" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bremen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brevis#87,395bronca#87,399Bonald#87,384butins#87,405

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list