birrette
\bi.ʁɛt\
The verdict
“birrette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bonnet que portaient les novices jésuites durant leur noviciat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-birrette · birrette · French
birrette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | birrette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.ʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « birrette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
birrette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.ʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de bonnet que portaient les novices jésuites durant leur noviciat.".
birrette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct French form is birrette, spelled B-I-R-R-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de bonnet que portaient les novices jésuites durant leur noviciat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how birrette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il frappe à la porte. Calvin ouvre et se présente à M. de Montluc dans sa vieille robe, une birrette sur la tête (une birrette est un bonnet dans le genre de ceux que portent chez nous les avocats et les serviteurs des Universités).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.