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brunette

bru·nette/bɹuˈnɛt/adjective, noun

brunette is spelled B-R-U-N-E-T-T-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (bru·nette). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, brunette means “Of a brown color or tone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in brunette?

Letters8: B-R-U-N-E-T-T-E
Syllables2: bru·nette
In writing2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 brunette?

Brunette appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 brunette?

  • US /bɹuˈnɛt/
  • UK /bɹuːˈnɛt/

Brunette has 2 syllables, split bru·nette in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-brunette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with brunette?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as brunette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):

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 brunette

  • brunet rare
  • brunettes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does brunette mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a brown color or tone.

  2. 2

    datedOf a dark brown color or tone.

  3. 3

    feminineHaving brown hair.

  4. 4

    datedfeminineHaving dark brown hair.

noun

  1. 1

    A person, especially female, with brown hair.

  2. 2

    datedA person, especially female, with dark brown hair.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Brunette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbrun (having brown hair), brune (a person, especially female, with brown hair)
Germanbrünett (having brown hair), Brünette, Brünetter (a person, especially female, with brown hair)
Portuguesemorena, de/com cabelo castanho (having brown hair)
Spanishcastaño, moreno (having brown hair), castaña, morena (a person, especially female, with brown hair)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does brunette come from?

Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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