brb
The verdict
“brb” is uncommon French (frequency #72,977 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,977
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Employé principalement dans les forums de messagerie instantanée ou clavardage pour indiquer que l’on s’absente temporairement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brb · brb · French
brb · rank #72,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,977
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bowden
Nearest frequency peer: Bowden (-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 « brb »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bougeront
bougeront
27,028 corpus weight
- bouillis
bouillis
27,027 corpus weight
- bourgades
bourgades
27,026 corpus weight
- Bowden
Bowden
27,025 corpus weight
- brb
brb
27,024 corpus weight
- Bromont
Bromont
27,021 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brb » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brb » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brb is uncommon French at frequency #72,977 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Employé principalement dans les forums de messagerie instantanée ou clavardage pour indiquer que l’on s’absente temporairement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brb, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brb, spelled B-R-B.
Definition
- 1Employé principalement dans les forums de messagerie instantanée ou clavardage pour indiquer que l’on s’absente temporairement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I’m going to the bank, brb.
i going to buy a soda, brb !
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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