bras mort
\bʁa mɔʁ\
The verdict
“bras mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie relictuelle de l’ancien cours d’un cours d’eau, dans lequel l’eau ne passe plus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bras mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁa mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bras mort” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bras mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁa mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bras mort, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bras mort, spelled B-R-A-S- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Partie relictuelle de l’ancien cours d’un cours d’eau, dans lequel l’eau ne passe plus.
- 2Canalisation où l’eau stagne pendant une longue période (tuyau pincé à son extrémité suite à la suppression d’un robinet, canalisation d’un robinet qui ne sert jamais, canalisation en attente de raccord).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bras mort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-A-S- -M-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁa mɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.