Brabançon
\bʁa.bɑ̃.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“Brabançon” is uncommon French (frequency #89,477 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,477
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitant de l’ancienne province belge du Brabant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brabancon · Brabançon · French
Brabançon · rank #89,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,477
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boutonnée
Nearest frequency peer: boutonnée (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Brabançon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bourret
bourret
10,527 corpus weight
- boutants
boutants
10,526 corpus weight
- boutonnée
boutonnée
10,525 corpus weight
- Brabançon
Brabançon
10,524 corpus weight
- brachial
brachial
10,523 corpus weight
- bracken
bracken
10,522 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Brabançon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brabançon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁa.bɑ̃.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Brabançon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Brabançon is uncommon French at frequency #89,477 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁa.bɑ̃.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brabançon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Brabançon, spelled B-R-A-B-A-N-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1Habitant de l’ancienne province belge du Brabant.
- 2Habitant de la province belge du Brabant wallon.
- 3Habitant de la province belge du Brabant flamand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brabançon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais les vaillants Brabançons résistèrent avec couragé^([sic]), et leur drapeau continua longtemps dé^([sic]) flotter sour^([sic]) les remparts de la ville...
–Des Brabançons s’étrangleraient de tout leur cœur, cousin, repartit le brasseur de Bruxelles.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).