brasse

/\bʁas\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,653

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brasse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ancienne mesure de la longueur des deux bras étendus, qui variait selon les régions. Pronounced \bʁas\. Often confused with Brise and brave.

Key facts for brasse
PropertyValue
Headwordbrasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,653
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of brasse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for brasse is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁas\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,653 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for brasse, with forms such as "barsse", "bbrasse", and "brase". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brise", "brave", "brosse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is brasse, spelled B-R-A-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne mesure de la longueur des deux bras étendus, qui variait selon les régions.
  2. 2
    Unité de mesure du bois de chauffage valant plus ou moins 3 à 4 stères, selon les régions.
  3. 3
    Unité de mesure de la profondeur de la mer, de valeur variable selon les nations.
  4. 4
    Espace parcouru dans l’eau par le nageur à chaque déploiement des bras et coup de jarret.
  5. 5
    Style de nage se pratiquant sur le ventre avec des actions successives, coordonnées et symétriques des jambes et des bras.
  6. 6
    Brasque.
  7. 7
    Discours.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: barsse,bbrasse,brase,brases,brrasse,brsase,rbasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brasse

Misspelling Variants of "brasse"

barsse6bbrasse7brase5brases6brrasse7brsase6rbasse6
Misspelling Variants of "brasse"

Frequency rank: #20,653 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brasse"?
"brasse" is spelled B-R-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁas\.
What does "brasse" mean?
As a noun, "brasse" means: Ancienne mesure de la longueur des deux bras étendus, qui variait selon les régions.
What words are commonly confused with "brasse"?
"brasse" is commonly confused with "Brise", "brave", "brosse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brasse" is \bʁas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brasse" come from?
"brasse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.