bretelle

\bʁə.tɛl\

/\bʁə.tɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“bretelle” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,376
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bande, courroie, sangle plus ou moins large que l’on passe sur les épaules et qui sert à porter certaines choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bretelle · bretelle · French

bretelle · rank #31,376 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,376
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Breizh

Nearest frequency peer: Breizh (-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 « bretelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bretelle » 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).

bretelle vs bretelles
89% similar

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

Key facts for bretelle
PropertyValue
Headwordbretelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁə.tɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,376
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bretelle »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Breizh » (#31,375), « Brighton » (#31,377), « brasser » (#31,374). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bretelle » est au #31,376. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bretelle (IPA \bʁə.tɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,376 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bretelle, with forms such as "bbretelle", "bertelle", and "breetlle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bretelles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 bretelle, spelled B-R-E-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bande, courroie, sangle plus ou moins large que l’on passe sur les épaules et qui sert à porter certaines choses.
  2. 2
    Rubans passant sur les épaules et soutenant certains vêtements ou sous-vêtements.
  3. 3
    Chose en double qui relie quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Aiguillage formé de deux diagonales de sens contraire faisant la jonction entre deux voies parallèles.
  5. 5
    Route qui relie deux grands axes de circulation.
  6. 6
    Ligne défensive secondaire établie à l'avant ou à l'arrière de la ligne principale et la reliant en deux points.
  7. 7
    Branchement en dérivation sur une ligne téléphonique pour permettre une écoute téléphonique.
  8. 8
    Court morceau de conducteur destiné à effectuer une connexion électrique entre deux tronçons de ligne électrique.
  9. 9
    Raccord flexible ou rigide de l’ordre de quelques dizaines de mètres, qui est installé entre des équipements de production sous-marine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce qui n’était pas renfermé dans la balle assujettie par de fortes bretelles sur ses épaules, lui pendait au cou et à la ceinture : un véritable brelandinier, quelque chose comme un étalagiste ambulant.
  2. Deux musettes croisaient leurs bretelles sur sa poitrine, et il portait sur son épaule le cou d’un sac qui pendait dans son dos.

This word in other languages

strap(English)tirantes(Español)Hosenträger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbretelle
  • bertelle
  • breetlle
  • bretele
  • bretelel
  • bretlele
  • brettelle
  • brretelle
  • brteelle
  • rbetelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbretelle1bertelle2breetlle2bretele1bretelel2bretlele2brettelle1brretelle1
Edit distance from "bretelle"

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 "bretelle"?
"bretelle" is spelled B-R-E-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁə.tɛl\.
What does "bretelle" mean?
As a noun, "bretelle" means: Bande, courroie, sangle plus ou moins large que l’on passe sur les épaules et qui sert à porter certaines choses.
What words are commonly confused with "bretelle"?
"bretelle" is commonly confused with "bretelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bretelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bretelle" is \bʁə.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bretelle" come from?
"bretelle" 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 "bretelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Brighton#31,377brutales#31,379Buchanan#31,382bestiaux#31,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

boréale10 variantsbercail10 variantscarbure10 variantsbaïonnette10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list