bregma
\bʁɛɡ.ma\
The verdict
“bregma” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sommet du crâne qui relie la suture coronale (la suture entre os pariétal et l'os frontal) à la suture sagittale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bregma · bregma · French
bregma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bregma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɛɡ.ma\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bregma is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɛɡ.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sommet du crâne qui relie la suture coronale (la suture entre os pariétal et l'os frontal) à la suture sagittale.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bregma in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bregma, spelled B-R-E-G-M-A.
Definition
- 1Sommet du crâne qui relie la suture coronale (la suture entre os pariétal et l'os frontal) à la suture sagittale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bregma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, sur la plupart des têtes, aucune saillie, aucune dépression ne révèle ni à l’œil ni au doigt la position du bregma ou point bregmatique, où s’arrête, sur la ligne médiane, l’extrémité supérieure de l’os frontal, et qui établit la vraie limite du crâne antérieur et du crâne postérieur. Mais l’expérience a démontré que le bregma crânien est toujours…
On perçoit au toucher vaginal le menton, la bouche, le nez, les yeux, la partie antérieure du bregma.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.