bravent

\bʁav\

/\bʁav\/ verb

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The verdict

“bravent” is uncommon French (frequency #78,201 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,201
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe braver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bravent · bravent · French

bravent · rank #78,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,201
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bredouilles

Nearest frequency peer: bredouilles (+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 « bravent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bravent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bravent
PropertyValue
Headwordbravent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁav\
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bravent » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).braventtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bredouilles » (#78,202), « boz » (#78,199), « bower » (#78,198). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bravent » est au #78,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bravent is uncommon French at frequency #78,201 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁav\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bravent, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 bravent, spelled B-R-A-V-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe braver.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe braver.

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 "bravent"?
"bravent" is spelled B-R-A-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁav\.
What does "bravent" mean?
As a verb, "bravent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe braver.
How do you pronounce "bravent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bravent" is \bʁav\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bravent" come from?
"bravent" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

borgnes#78,193blottis#78,188bullion#78,214bigarré#78,182

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list