bravoure

\bʁa.vuʁ\

/\bʁa.vuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bravoure” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,080
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courage guerrier ; vaillance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bravoure · bravoure · French

bravoure · rank #16,080 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,080
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brigades

Nearest frequency peer: brigades (+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 « bravoure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bravoure » 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).

bravoure vs bavure
75% similar

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

Key facts for bravoure
PropertyValue
Headwordbravoure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁa.vuʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,080
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bravoure »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bravourese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brigades » (#16,081), « bobos » (#16,078), « bélier » (#16,082). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bravoure » est au #16,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bravoure (IPA \bʁa.vuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,080 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Courage guerrier ; vaillance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bravoure, with forms such as "barvoure", "bbravoure", and "braovure". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bavure", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bravoure, spelled B-R-A-V-O-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courage guerrier ; vaillance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa figure, une de celles que la bravoure a marquées de son cachet, offrait le type que cherche aujourd'hui l'artiste quand il songe à représenter un des héros de la France impériale.
  2. Il avait plus de cran au front. Il était même très brave, d'une bravoure innocente.

Synonyms

courage

This word in other languages

bravery(English)bravura(Español)Tapferkeit(Deutsch)bravura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barvoure
  • bbravoure
  • braovure
  • bravorue
  • bravouer
  • bravourre
  • bravuore
  • bravvoure
  • brravoure
  • brvaoure
  • rbavoure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bravoure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

barvoure2bbravoure1braovure2bravorue2bravouer2bravourre1bravuore2bravvoure1
Edit distance from "bravoure"

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 "bravoure"?
"bravoure" is spelled B-R-A-V-O-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁa.vuʁ\.
What does "bravoure" mean?
As a noun, "bravoure" means: Courage guerrier ; vaillance.
What words are commonly confused with "bravoure"?
"bravoure" is commonly confused with "bavure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bravoure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bravoure" is \bʁa.vuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bravoure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brigades#16,081Capitole#16,085capsules#16,086catalans#16,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

auditoire11 variantsattirance11 variantscinémas11 variantsambiante11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list