bracelet

\bʁas.lɛ\

/\bʁas.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bracelet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,403
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement qui se porte principalement au bras, autour du poignet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bracelet · bracelet · French

bracelet · rank #7,403 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,403
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blocage

Nearest frequency peer: blocage (-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 « bracelet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bracelet » 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).

bracelet vs bracelets
89% similar
bracelet vs Bachelet
63% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bracelet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).braceletse 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 « blocage » (#7,402), « Bruce » (#7,404), « allusion » (#7,401). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bracelet » est au #7,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bracelet (IPA \bʁas.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,403 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bracelet, with forms such as "barcelet", "bbracelet", and "braccelet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bracelets", "Bachelet", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bracelet, spelled B-R-A-C-E-L-E-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bracelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les Turkomanes riches portent aux bras et aux pieds des bracelets pour la plupart en argent et ornés de turquoises, des ceintures et des colliers enrichis de pierreries et d’énormes boucles d’oreilles, le tout en argent.
  2. Pendant un long moment, Nazira regarda distraitement les bijoux que lui désignait sa mère. Ces breloques, ces bracelets, ces pendentifs, la laissait froide.

This word in other languages

bracelet(English)pulsera(Español)Armband(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barcelet
  • bbracelet
  • braccelet
  • braceelt
  • bracelett
  • bracellet
  • bracelte
  • bracleet
  • braeclet
  • brcaelet
  • brracelet
  • rbacelet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bracelet - 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.

barcelet2bbracelet1braccelet1braceelt2bracelett1bracellet1bracelte2bracleet2
Edit distance from "bracelet"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allusion#7,401camarade#7,405composer#7,412consacre#7,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

cavalerie12 variantscellulaire12 variantsaccroître12 variantscouverts12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list