berline

/\bɛʁ.lin\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,075

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

berline is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de grande voiture hippomobile fermée, suspendue, à deux fonds et à quatre roues, dont on se servait surtout pour le voyage. Pronounced \bɛʁ.lin\. Often confused with berne and Bernie.

Key facts for berline
PropertyValue
Headwordberline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛʁ.lin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,075
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of berline in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for berline is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛʁ.lin\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,075 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for berline, with forms such as "bberline", "belrine", and "berilne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "berne", "Bernie", "Bertin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is berline, spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de grande voiture hippomobile fermée, suspendue, à deux fonds et à quatre roues, dont on se servait surtout pour le voyage.
  2. 2
    Automobile fermée par un toit rigide et fixe, avec un pare-brise fixe, deux ou quatre portes latérales.
  3. 3
    Wagonnet sur rails utilisé pour le transport du minerai du fond de la mine jusqu’au puits d’extraction.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bberline,belrine,berilne,berlien,berlinne,berlline,berlnie,berrline,breline,ebrline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for berline

Misspelling Variants of "berline"

bberline8belrine7berilne7berlien7berlinne8berlline8berlnie7berrline8
Misspelling Variants of "berline"

Frequency rank: #16,075 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "berline"?
"berline" is spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁ.lin\.
What does "berline" mean?
As a noun, "berline" means: Sorte de grande voiture hippomobile fermée, suspendue, à deux fonds et à quatre roues, dont on se servait surtout pour le voyage.
What words are commonly confused with "berline"?
"berline" is commonly confused with "berne", "Bernie", "Bertin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "berline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berline" is \bɛʁ.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berline" come from?
"berline" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.