bracket

\ˈbɹæk.ɪt\

/\ˈbɹæk.ɪt\/ noun

The verdict

“bracket” is uncommon French (frequency #82,750 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,750
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crochet, [ ]

Corpus desk

Index FR-bracket · bracket · French

bracket · rank #82,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,750
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouturage

Nearest frequency peer: bouturage (-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 « bracket »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bracket » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bracket
PropertyValue
Headwordbracket
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈbɹæk.ɪt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,750
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bracket » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).brackettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bouturage » (#82,749), « BRF » (#82,751), « boussoles » (#82,748). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bracket » est au #82,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bracket is uncommon French at frequency #82,750 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɹæk.ɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bracket, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bracket, spelled B-R-A-C-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crochet, [ ]
  2. 2
    Parenthèse, ( ).
  3. 3
    Équerre, applique.
  4. 4
    Tranche, catégorie.
  5. 5
    Arbre de l’ensemble des sets à jouer dans un tournoi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A bracket is a fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  2. A bracket is one of several ranges of numbers : tax bracket, age bracket.

Synonyms

square bracketparenthesisround bracket

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 "bracket"?
"bracket" is spelled B-R-A-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbɹæk.ɪt\.
What does "bracket" mean?
As a noun, "bracket" means: Crochet, [ ]
How do you pronounce "bracket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bracket" is \ˈbɹæk.ɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bracket" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list