braquer

\bʁa.ke\

/\bʁa.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“braquer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,674
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tourner de façon à placer (une arme à feu, un instrument d'optique) dans une direction déterminée, pointer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-braquer · braquer · French

braquer · rank #18,674 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,674
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boulets

Nearest frequency peer: boulets (-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 « braquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « braquer » 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).

braquer vs brique
71% similar
braquer vs braver
71% similar
braquer vs briquet
71% similar

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

Key facts for braquer
PropertyValue
Headwordbraquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁa.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,674
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « braquer »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boulets » (#18,673), « brother » (#18,675), « boudin » (#18,672). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « braquer » est au #18,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around braquer (IPA \bʁa.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,674 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 braquer, with forms such as "barquer", "bbraquer", and "braqeur". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "brique", "braver", "briquet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 braquer, spelled B-R-A-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tourner de façon à placer (une arme à feu, un instrument d'optique) dans une direction déterminée, pointer.
  2. 2
    Orienter brusquement dans une autre direction.
  3. 3
    Tenir ses regards arrêtés sur quelqu’un ou sur quelque chose.
  4. 4
    ou Agresser, menacer avec une arme à feu, mettre en joue. → voir braqueur
  5. 5
    Brusquer, irriter.
  6. 6
    Se bloquer, s’irriter obstinément, s’obstiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les deux observateurs braquèrent alors la lunette de leur sextant sur l’astre qui montait encore.
  2. Cette nuit, nous aperçûmes un voilier; cette rencontre était si extraordinaire dans ces parages infréquentés, qu'elle causa à bord un grand émoi ; toutes les lunettes étaient braquées sur le mystérieux navire.

This word in other languages

aim(English)apuntar(Español)verärgern(Deutsch)apontar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barquer
  • bbraquer
  • braqeur
  • braqquer
  • braquerr
  • braqure
  • brauqer
  • brqauer
  • brraquer
  • rbaquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of braquer - 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.

barquer2bbraquer1braqeur2braqquer1braquerr1braqure2brauqer2brqauer2
Edit distance from "braquer"

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 "braquer"?
"braquer" is spelled B-R-A-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁa.ke\.
What does "braquer" mean?
As a verb, "braquer" means: Tourner de façon à placer (une arme à feu, un instrument d'optique) dans une direction déterminée, pointer.
What words are commonly confused with "braquer"?
"braquer" is commonly confused with "brique", "braver", "briquet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "braquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braquer" is \bʁa.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braquer" come from?
"braquer" 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 "braquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

boulets#18,673brother#18,675bonnets#18,669blindée#18,666

Similar misspelling depth

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

cagnotte10 variantsbasques10 variantsavorter10 variantsconduis10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list