brand

\ˈbʁant\

/\ˈbʁant\/ verb

The verdict

“brand” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,549
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de branden.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brand · brand · French

brand · rank #21,549 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,549
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bourguignon

Nearest frequency peer: bourguignon (-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 « brand »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brand » 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).

brand vs bras
60% similar
brand vs brun
60% similar
brand vs brin
60% similar

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

Key facts for brand
PropertyValue
Headwordbrand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈbʁant\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,549
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brand »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brandse 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 « bourguignon » (#21,548), « Brent » (#21,550), « bouleversée » (#21,547). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brand » est au #21,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around brand (IPA \ˈbʁant\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,549 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de branden.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for brand, with forms such as "barnd", "bbrand", and "bradn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bras", "brun", "brin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 brand, spelled B-R-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de branden.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barnd
  • bbrand
  • bradn
  • brandd
  • brannd
  • brnad
  • brrand
  • rband

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

barnd2bbrand1bradn2brandd1brannd1brnad2brrand1rband2
Edit distance from "brand"

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 "brand"?
"brand" is spelled B-R-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbʁant\.
What does "brand" mean?
As a verb, "brand" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de branden.
What words are commonly confused with "brand"?
"brand" is commonly confused with "bras", "brun", "brin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brand" is \ˈbʁant\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brand" come from?
"brand" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list