brave

\bʁav\

/\bʁav\/ adj

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The verdict

“brave” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,792. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,792
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courageux ; vaillant

Corpus desk

Index FR-brave · brave · French

brave · rank #7,792 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,792
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boit

Nearest frequency peer: boit (-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 « brave »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brave » 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).

brave vs bre
60% similar
brave vs brie
60% similar
brave vs bray
60% similar

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

Key facts for brave
PropertyValue
Headwordbrave
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁav\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,792
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brave »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bravese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boit » (#7,791), « break » (#7,793), « biodiversité » (#7,790). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brave » est au #7,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around brave (IPA \bʁav\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,792 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for brave, with forms such as "barve", "bbrave", and "braev". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bre", "brie", "bray", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brave, spelled B-R-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courageux ; vaillant
  2. 2
    Serviable ; honnête ; bon ; obligeant.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une personne très gentille mais un peu stupide.
  4. 4
    Gentil, serviable, accommodant, obligeant.
  5. 5
    Qui a un costume soigné.
  6. 6
    En s’adressant à des gens de condition inférieure.
  7. 7
    Fort, grand, important.
  8. 8
    Adjectif attribué à des militaires en service armé.
  9. 9
    Adjectif attribué traditionnellement - et parfois ironiquement - à certains généraux de l'armée.
  10. 10
    Sens littéral :
  11. 11
    Sens dérivé :

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand je suis seul, je fais au plus brave un défi ; Je m’écarte, je vais détrôner le Sophi ; On m’élit Roi, mon peuple m’aime ; …
  2. Je sais bien que les Français peuvent, en cas de guerre , compter sur leur armée , qui est peut-être la plus brave du monde. Mais est-elle suffisamment organisée ?

This word in other languages

brave(English)bravo(Español)brav(Deutsch)bravo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barve
  • bbrave
  • braev
  • bravve
  • brrave
  • brvae
  • rbave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

barve2bbrave1braev2bravve1brrave1brvae2rbave2
Edit distance from "brave"

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 "brave"?
"brave" is spelled B-R-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁav\.
What does "brave" mean?
As an adjective, "brave" means: Courageux ; vaillant
What words are commonly confused with "brave"?
"brave" is commonly confused with "bre", "brie", "bray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brave" is \bʁav\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brave" come from?
"brave" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brave", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

break#7,793Billy#7,789avoué#7,786tirés#7,765

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

santa7 variantsgrippe7 variantsQatar7 variantsjugée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list