berne

\bɛʁn\

/\bɛʁn\/ noun

The verdict

“berne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,813
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couverture de laine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-berne · berne · French

berne · rank #8,813 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,813
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH balancer

Nearest frequency peer: balancer (-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 « berne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « berne » 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).

berne vs bre
60% similar
berne vs burn
60% similar
berne vs brie
60% similar

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

Key facts for berne
PropertyValue
Headwordberne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛʁn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,813
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « berne »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bernese 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 « balancer » (#8,812), « borne » (#8,814), « bactéries » (#8,811). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « berne » est au #8,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around berne (IPA \bɛʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,813 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for berne, with forms such as "bberne", "benre", and "beren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bre", "burn", "brie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is berne, spelled B-E-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couverture de laine.
  2. 2
    Brimade que l’on inflige à quelqu’un en le faisant sauter en l’air sur cette couverture.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bberne
  • benre
  • beren
  • bernne
  • berrne
  • brene
  • ebrne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of berne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bberne1benre2beren2bernne1berrne1brene2ebrne2
Edit distance from "berne"

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 "berne"?
"berne" is spelled B-E-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁn\.
What does "berne" mean?
As a noun, "berne" means: Couverture de laine.
What words are commonly confused with "berne"?
"berne" is commonly confused with "bre", "burn", "brie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "berne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berne" is \bɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berne" come from?
"berne" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "berne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list