bravache

\bʁa.vaʃ\

/\bʁa.vaʃ\/ adj

The verdict

“bravache” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui feint la bravoure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bravache · bravache · French

bravache · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for bravache
PropertyValue
Headwordbravache
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁa.vaʃ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bravache » en français

bravachesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bravache is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʁa.vaʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui feint la bravoure.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bravache, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bravache, spelled B-R-A-V-A-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui feint la bravoure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le châtelain, vicomte Aymery de Pontgibaud, nous accueillit par un discours bravache, nous expliquant que jusqu’à présent notre vie avait été une rigolade, mais que les choses, nous allions le vérifier, changeaient aujourd’hui même.
  2. La période que nous vivons a besoin de courage, pas du courage qui divise, pas du courage bravache qui consiste à définir des formes de souveraineté qui seraient un souverainisme de repli, une non coopération, une fragmentation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bravache"?
"bravache" is spelled B-R-A-V-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁa.vaʃ\.
What does "bravache" mean?
As an adjective, "bravache" means: Qui feint la bravoure.
How do you pronounce "bravache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bravache" is \bʁa.vaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bravache" come from?
"bravache" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list