bracelet

/\bʁas.lɛ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,403

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

bracelet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ornement qui se porte principalement au bras, autour du poignet. Pronounced \bʁas.lɛ\. It ranks #7,403 in French word frequency. Often confused with bracelets and Bachelet.

Key facts for bracelet
PropertyValue
Headwordbracelet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁas.lɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,403
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bracelet is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁas.lɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,403 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for bracelet, with forms such as "barcelet", "bbracelet", and "braccelet". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bracelets", "Bachelet", 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 bracelet, spelled B-R-A-C-E-L-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ornement qui se porte principalement au bras, autour du poignet.
  2. 2
    Bande d'identification qui se porte au poignet.
  3. 3
    Enveloppe de cuir que portent certains ouvriers autour du bras pour donner plus de force au poignet.
  4. 4
    Petit collier en plastique qui doit immédiatement être posé sur l'individu d'une espèce de grand gibier tué, afin de contrôler le respect du plan de chasse.
  5. 5
    Cercle de cuivre de l’extrémité supérieure d’un fourreau de sabre, d’épée.
  6. 6
    Bande de papier, de caoutchouc, entourant un objet.
  7. 7
    → voir armille.
  8. 8
    Menotte.
  9. 9
    Plongeon avec les poignets liés.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: barcelet,bbracelet,braccelet,braceelt,bracelett,bracellet,bracelte,bracleet,braeclet,brcaelet,brracelet,rbacelet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bracelet

Misspelling Variants of "bracelet"

barcelet8bbracelet9braccelet9braceelt8bracelett9bracellet9bracelte8bracleet8
Misspelling Variants of "bracelet"

Frequency rank: #7,403 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bracelet"?
"bracelet" is spelled B-R-A-C-E-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁas.lɛ\.
What does "bracelet" mean?
As a noun, "bracelet" means: Ornement qui se porte principalement au bras, autour du poignet.
What words are commonly confused with "bracelet"?
"bracelet" is commonly confused with "bracelets", "Bachelet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bracelet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bracelet" is \bʁas.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bracelet" come from?
"bracelet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.