braver
\bʁa.ve\
The verdict
“braver” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,155
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défier sans crainte et avec mépris ; s’opposer à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-braver · braver · French
braver · rank #33,155 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,155
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH braquages
Nearest frequency peer: braquages (-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 « braver »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- boucan
boucan
66,849 corpus weight
- braquages
braquages
66,847 corpus weight
- braver
braver
66,846 corpus weight
- breuvage
breuvage
66,845 corpus weight
- brillance
brillance
66,844 corpus weight
- broderies
broderies
66,843 corpus weight
What this shows « braver » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁa.ve\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « braver »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around braver (IPA \bʁa.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,155 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for braver, with forms such as "barver", "bbraver", and "braevr". 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, "bravo", "brève", "brive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is braver, spelled B-R-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Défier sans crainte et avec mépris ; s’opposer à.
- 2Passer outre ; ne pas tenir compte de.
- 3Affronter ; s’exposer sans crainte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how braver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'administration romaine était extrêmement dure pour tout homme qui lui semblait susceptible de troubler la tranquillité publique et surtout pour tout accusé qui bravait sa majesté.
Braver la menace, la colère, le ressentiment de quelqu’un.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- barver
- bbraver
- braevr
- braverr
- bravre
- bravver
- brraver
- brvaer
- rbaver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of braver - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).