brebis

\bʁə.bi\

/\bʁə.bi\/ noun

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The verdict

“brebis” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,122
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouton femelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brebis · brebis · French

brebis · rank #13,122 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,122
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bracelets

Nearest frequency peer: bracelets (-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 « brebis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brebis » 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).

brebis vs bris
67% similar
brebis vs brefs
67% similar
brebis vs Brésil
33% similar

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

Key facts for brebis
PropertyValue
Headwordbrebis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁə.bi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,122
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brebis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brebisse 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 « bracelets » (#13,121), « brésiliens » (#13,123), « Brabant » (#13,120). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brebis » est au #13,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around brebis (IPA \bʁə.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,122 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for brebis, with forms such as "bbrebis", "berbis", and "brbeis". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "bris", "brefs", "Brésil", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is brebis, spelled B-R-E-B-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouton femelle.
  2. 2
    Fromage fait à partir de lait de brebis.
  3. 3
    Chrétien, en tant qu’il est sous la conduite de son pasteur.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de l’agneau, de l’agneau pascal, du bélier et du mouton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] et on n’entend jamais, en traversant un village, le beuglement d’une vache, le bêlement d’une brebis.
  2. Voilà, le dix-neuvième siècle finissant, ce qui s'est passé dans la République française. Et de douces brebis du Christ demandent à recommencer.

Synonyms

🐑moutonne

This word in other languages

ewe(English)Aue(Deutsch)ovelha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrebis
  • berbis
  • brbeis
  • brebbis
  • brebiss
  • brebsi
  • breibs
  • brrebis
  • rbebis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brebis - 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.

bbrebis1berbis2brbeis2brebbis1brebiss1brebsi2breibs2brrebis1
Edit distance from "brebis"

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 "brebis"?
"brebis" is spelled B-R-E-B-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁə.bi\.
What does "brebis" mean?
As a noun, "brebis" means: Mouton femelle.
What words are commonly confused with "brebis"?
"brebis" is commonly confused with "bris", "brefs", "Brésil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brebis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brebis" is \bʁə.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brebis" come from?
"brebis" 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 "brebis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list