bravade
\bʁa.vad\
The verdict
“bravade” is uncommon French (frequency #73,784 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,784
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de braver ; paroles ou gestes de défi envers un individu ou un groupe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bravade · bravade · French
bravade · rank #73,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,784
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brassicole
Nearest frequency peer: brassicole (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bravade »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bournazel
Bournazel
26,220 corpus weight
- boursin
boursin
26,219 corpus weight
- brassicole
brassicole
26,218 corpus weight
- bravade
bravade
26,217 corpus weight
- breathe
breathe
26,216 corpus weight
- breen
breen
26,215 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bravade » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bravade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁa.vad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bravade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bravade is uncommon French at frequency #73,784 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁa.vad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bravade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bravade, spelled B-R-A-V-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Action de braver ; paroles ou gestes de défi envers un individu ou un groupe.
- 2Feinte bravoure.
- 3Fête provençale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bravade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous les avez vus, vous les voyez quotidiennement, en guise de bravade contre l’application de la loi des associations aux ordres religieux, ouvrir avec fracas les chaires de nos églises aux membres des congrégations dissoutes, qui n’ont jamais eu le droit d’y monter.
L’agent voyer partit, sans vouloir dire adieu, presque décidé, par bravade, à payer sa bière.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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