brunet
/bɹuˈnɛt/adjective, noun
brunet is spelled B-R-U-N-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, brunet means “Of a man's or boy's hair: brown or dark brown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in brunet?
| Letters | 6: B-R-U-N-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is brunet?
Brunet appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brunet?
- US /bɹuˈnɛt/
- UK /bɹuːˈnɛt/
Brunet has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-brunet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with brunet?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as brunet from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: burnet, bunter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of brunet
- brunets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brunet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
rareOf a man's or boy's hair: brown or dark brown.
- 2
rareOf a man or boy, having brown or dark brown hair.
noun
- 1
rareA man or boy with brown or dark brown hair.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does brunet come from?
From French brunet. Compare also Middle English brunet, burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, which is the same word.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).