brailler

\bʁɑ.je\

/\bʁɑ.je\/ verb

The verdict

“brailler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,757
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crier ; vociférer ; gueuler ; parler très fort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brailler · brailler · French

brailler · rank #47,757 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,757
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH branchies

Nearest frequency peer: branchies (+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 « brailler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brailler » 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).

brailler vs Brille
63% similar
brailler vs briller
88% similar
brailler vs branler
75% similar

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

Key facts for brailler
PropertyValue
Headwordbrailler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁɑ.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,757
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brailler »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).braillerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « branchies » (#47,758), « bourdons » (#47,755), « broad » (#47,759). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brailler » est au #47,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around brailler (IPA \bʁɑ.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,757 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brailler, with forms such as "bariller", "bbrailler", and "brailelr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Brille", "briller", "branler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is brailler, spelled B-R-A-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crier ; vociférer ; gueuler ; parler très fort.
  2. 2
    Pleurer en criant.
  3. 3
    Se plaindre.
  4. 4
    Chanter fort mais pas très harmonieusement.
  5. 5
    Crier, beugler, parler ou chanter à voix très haute.
  6. 6
    Pousser son cri en parlant d'un paon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorenzo. – J’en ai assez d’entendre brailler en plein vent le bavardage humain ; il faut que le monde sache un peu qui je suis, et qui il est.
  2. Tout conspire pour nous. Ainsi tous ceux qui plaignent les peuples, qui braillent sur la question des prolétaires et des salaires, qui font des ouvrages contre les Jésuites, qui s’occupent de l’amélioration de n’importe quoi… les Communistes, les Humanitaires… vous comprenez, tous ces gens-là sont notre avant-garde.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bariller
  • bbrailler
  • brailelr
  • brailer
  • braillerr
  • braillre
  • braliler
  • brialler
  • brrailler
  • rbailler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brailler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bariller2bbrailler1brailelr2brailer1braillerr1braillre2braliler2brialler2
Edit distance from "brailler"

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 "brailler"?
"brailler" is spelled B-R-A-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɑ.je\.
What does "brailler" mean?
As a verb, "brailler" means: Crier ; vociférer ; gueuler ; parler très fort.
What words are commonly confused with "brailler"?
"brailler" is commonly confused with "Brille", "briller", "branler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brailler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brailler" is \bʁɑ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brailler" come from?
"brailler" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list