bravement

\bʁav.mɑ̃\

/\bʁav.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“bravement” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,337 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.

#67,337
frequency rank, French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière brave.

Key facts for bravement
PropertyValue
Headwordbravement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\bʁav.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bravement” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bravement lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bravement is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁav.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,337 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

bravement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bravement, spelled B-R-A-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière brave.
  2. 2
    D’une manière habile, adroite.
  3. 3
    Beaucoup.

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 "bravement"?
"bravement" is spelled B-R-A-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁav.mɑ̃\.
What does "bravement" mean?
As an adverb, "bravement" means: D’une manière brave.
How do you pronounce "bravement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bravement" is \bʁav.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bravement" come from?
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Using “bravement”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-R-A-V-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bʁav.mɑ̃\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list