branle

\bʁɑ̃l\

/\bʁɑ̃l\/ noun

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The verdict

“branle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,281
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oscillation, mouvement qui porte un corps tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre; l'espace ainsi parcouru.

Corpus desk

Index FR-branle · branle · French

branle · rank #9,281 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,281
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brouillard

Nearest frequency peer: brouillard (+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 « branle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « branle » 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).

branle vs brune
67% similar
branle vs brûlé
50% similar
branle vs brave
67% similar

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

Key facts for branle
PropertyValue
Headwordbranle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɑ̃l\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,281
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « branle »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).branlese 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 « brouillard » (#9,282), « barrières » (#9,279), « bénédiction » (#9,283). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « branle » est au #9,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around branle (IPA \bʁɑ̃l\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,281 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for branle, with forms such as "barnle", "bbranle", and "bralne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brune", "brûlé", "brave", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is branle, spelled B-R-A-N-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oscillation, mouvement qui porte un corps tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre; l'espace ainsi parcouru.
  2. 2
    Incertitude, irrésolution, indécision.
  3. 3
    Première impulsion.
  4. 4
    Mise en mouvement.
  5. 5
    Danse traditionnelle où plusieurs personnes se tenaient par la main et se menaient tour à tour.
  6. 6
    Lit de matelot, hamac sur un navire.
  7. 7
    Vol d'un oiseau de proie qui tourne en battant des ailes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sonner en branle, donner aux cloches tout le mouvement qu’elles peuvent recevoir.
  2. Les cloches de la ville étaient en branle, on était accouru à ce triste spectacle de tous les villages voisins.

This word in other languages

Reigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barnle
  • bbranle
  • bralne
  • branel
  • branlle
  • brannle
  • brnale
  • brranle
  • rbanle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

barnle2bbranle1bralne2branel2branlle1brannle1brnale2brranle1
Edit distance from "branle"

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 "branle"?
"branle" is spelled B-R-A-N-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɑ̃l\.
What does "branle" mean?
As a noun, "branle" means: Oscillation, mouvement qui porte un corps tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre; l'espace ainsi parcouru.
What words are commonly confused with "branle"?
"branle" is commonly confused with "brune", "brûlé", "brave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "branle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "branle" is \bʁɑ̃l\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "branle" come from?
"branle" 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 "branle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ballet#9,277chaire#9,287averti#9,274avaler#9,273

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

baguette9 variantsavocate9 variantsénervé9 variantsémettre9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list