briquette
/bɹɪˈkɛt/
"briquette" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“briquette” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-briquette · briquette · English
briquette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | briquette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɹɪˈkɛt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “briquette” in English
Rare enough to double-check
briquette is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɹɪˈkɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
briquette has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix). The correct English form is briquette, spelled B-R-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
- 2A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
- 3A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how briquette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] an eggette or briquette manufacturing contract, where, by the compression of tar with these fine particles of culm, there are made pieces of coal about the size of an egg […]
Etymology
From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
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.