brelle
\bʁɛl\
The verdict
“brelle” 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) - Assemblage de pièces de bois en radeau, dont on forme un train pour le faire flotter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brelle · brelle · French
brelle · 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 | brelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Assemblage de pièces de bois en radeau, dont on forme un train pour le faire flotter.".
Zero misspellings are on record for brelle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is brelle, spelled B-R-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Assemblage de pièces de bois en radeau, dont on forme un train pour le faire flotter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quatre brelles font un train complet.
Cette partie-là m’intrigue, avec ses curieuses ruelles appelées voyottes (voies à hotte) et ses constructions en bois ressemblant à des maisons de pêcheurs, repaire des mariniers de la Marne. Ils descendaient autrefois la rivière jusqu’à Paris sur des radeaux appelés brelles et des bateaux à fond plat, les marnois.
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.