bracket
\ˈbɹæk.ɪt\
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
- bourdonneme…
bourdonnements
17,254 corpus weight
- boussoles
boussoles
17,253 corpus weight
- bouturage
bouturage
17,252 corpus weight
- bracket
bracket
17,251 corpus weight
- BRF
BRF
17,250 corpus weight
- bulk
bulk
17,249 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bracket » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bracket |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɹæk.ɪt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bracket » en français
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
- 1Crochet, [ ]
- 2Parenthèse, ( ).
- 3Équerre, applique.
- 4Tranche, catégorie.
- 5Arbre de l’ensemble des sets à jouer dans un tournoi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bracket appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A bracket is a fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
A bracket is one of several ranges of numbers : tax bracket, age bracket.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "bracket"?
What does "bracket" mean?
How do you pronounce "bracket"?
What language does "bracket" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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).