béret

\be.ʁɛ\

/\be.ʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“béret” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,469
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toque de laine, ronde et plate, qui est la coiffure traditionnelle des paysans basques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-beret · béret · French

béret · rank #28,469 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,469
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH cafetière

Nearest frequency peer: cafetière (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « béret »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « béret » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

béret vs bet
60% similar
béret vs bre
60% similar
béret vs bref
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for béret
PropertyValue
Headwordbéret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\be.ʁɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,469
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « béret »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.béretse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cafetière » (#28,470), « canots » (#28,471), « Brahim » (#28,466). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « béret » est au #28,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around béret (IPA \be.ʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,469 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for béret, with forms such as "bbéret", "beret", and "bréet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bet", "bre", "bref", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is béret, spelled B-É-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toque de laine, ronde et plate, qui est la coiffure traditionnelle des paysans basques.
  2. 2
    Coiffure spéciale de certains corps de troupes.
  3. 3
    Toute coiffure de la même forme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En signe de non-conformisme, et pour accroître la violence de leur masque, ils portaient le béret exagérément penché sur l’oreille, le cuir en dehors. Plus la galette était aplatie, raide, énorme, voisine de l’auréole, plus ils en tiraient vanité. D’aucuns, même, y glissaient une charpente d’osier…
  2. Dès le moment où le lieutenant entra dans la pièce, je sus ce qui m'attendait. Coupé par un immense béret, son petit visage bien rasé, triangulaire et anguleux comme celui d'un fennec, souriait.

This word in other languages

beret(English)boina(Español)Barett(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbéret
  • beret
  • bréet
  • béert
  • bérett
  • bérret
  • bérte
  • ébret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of béret - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbéret1beret1bréet2béert2bérett1bérret1bérte2ébret2
Edit distance from "béret"

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 "béret"?
"béret" is spelled B-É-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \be.ʁɛ\.
What does "béret" mean?
As a noun, "béret" means: Toque de laine, ronde et plate, qui est la coiffure traditionnelle des paysans basques.
What words are commonly confused with "béret"?
"béret" is commonly confused with "bet", "bre", "bref". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "béret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "béret" is \be.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "béret" come from?
"béret" 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 "béret", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chuis#28,483Cries#28,505cèdre#28,508dandy#28,509

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

charrue8 variantsaustro8 variantsdurait8 variantsworks8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list