bracken
\ˈbɹæk.ən\
The verdict
“bracken” is uncommon French (frequency #89,479 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,479
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - N’importe laquelle de plusieurs fougères rugueuses du genre Pteridium, qui forme des fourrés denses ; souvent vénéneux pour le bétail. (terme fougères rugueuses (en anglais : coarse ferns) à précis...
Corpus desk
Index FR-bracken · bracken · French
bracken · rank #89,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,479
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brachial
Nearest frequency peer: brachial (-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 « bracken »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- brandes
brandes
10,520 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bracken » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bracken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɹæk.ən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bracken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bracken is uncommon French at frequency #89,479 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɹæk.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bracken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bracken, spelled B-R-A-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1N’importe laquelle de plusieurs fougères rugueuses du genre Pteridium, qui forme des fourrés denses ; souvent vénéneux pour le bétail. (terme fougères rugueuses (en anglais : coarse ferns) à préciser ou à vérifier)
- 2Zone campagnarde comprenant beaucoup de cette fougère.
Synonyms
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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