brandir

\bʁɑ̃.diʁ\

/\bʁɑ̃.diʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“brandir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,923
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agiter dans sa main une arme, comme si on se préparait à frapper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brandir · brandir · French

brandir · rank #30,923 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,923
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bourbons

Nearest frequency peer: bourbons (-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 « brandir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brandir » 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).

brandir vs Brandt
57% similar
brandir vs brando
71% similar
brandir vs brandy
71% similar

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

Key facts for brandir
PropertyValue
Headwordbrandir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁɑ̃.diʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,923
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brandir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brandirse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bourbons » (#30,922), « brumaire » (#30,924), « Bourbonnais » (#30,921). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brandir » est au #30,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around brandir (IPA \bʁɑ̃.diʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,923 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for brandir, with forms such as "barndir", "bbrandir", and "bradnir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Brandt", "brando", "brandy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is brandir, spelled B-R-A-N-D-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agiter dans sa main une arme, comme si on se préparait à frapper.
  2. 2
    Ériger une chose de façon ostentatoire.
  3. 3
    Affermir deux pièces de bois l’une contre l’autre, sans qu’elles soient entaillées, ce qui se fait au moyen d’une cheville qui les traverse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À peine s’est-elle montrée, que brandissant le crucifix à deux mains, de toute la hauteur de mes bras, je le laisse retomber lourdement sur la tête de Carmen.
  2. […] elle ne signait pas en vain Nieuport-la-Noble ; elle ne portait pas pour rien sur son blason un lion lampassé issant d’une nef et brandissant une hallebarde.

This word in other languages

brandish(English)blandir(Español)erheben(Deutsch)agitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barndir
  • bbrandir
  • bradnir
  • branddir
  • brandirr
  • brandri
  • branidr
  • branndir
  • brnadir
  • brrandir
  • rbandir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brandir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

barndir2bbrandir1bradnir2branddir1brandirr1brandri2branidr2branndir1
Edit distance from "brandir"

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 "brandir"?
"brandir" is spelled B-R-A-N-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɑ̃.diʁ\.
What does "brandir" mean?
As a verb, "brandir" means: Agiter dans sa main une arme, comme si on se préparait à frapper.
What words are commonly confused with "brandir"?
"brandir" is commonly confused with "Brandt", "brando", "brandy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brandir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brandir" is \bʁɑ̃.diʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brandir" come from?
"brandir" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bosquet#30,919caribou#30,933Cassius#30,934castors#30,935

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

brumaire11 variantsautocars11 variantsassistait11 variantsapplaudis11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list