brigantine
/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/
"brigantine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brigantine” is uncommon English (frequency #76,599 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,599
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brigantine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brigantine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brigantine is uncommon English at frequency #76,599 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brigantine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Attested 1525, for a small rowing vessel, from earlier brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigō (“to fight”). The correct English form is brigantine, spelled B-R-I-G-A-N-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
Etymology
Attested 1525, for a small rowing vessel, from earlier brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigō (“to fight”).
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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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-G-A-N-T-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.