bretons

\bʁə.tɔ̃\

/\bʁə.tɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“bretons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,506
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de breton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bretons · bretons · French

bretons · rank #8,506 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,506
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bidon

Nearest frequency peer: bidon (-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 « bretons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bretons » 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).

bretons vs beton
71% similar
bretons vs breton
86% similar
bretons vs bâtons
71% similar

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

Key facts for bretons
PropertyValue
Headwordbretons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁə.tɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,506
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bretons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bretonsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bidon » (#8,505), « Bastia » (#8,504), « brièvement » (#8,508). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bretons » est au #8,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bretons (IPA \bʁə.tɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,506 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de breton.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bretons, with forms such as "bbretons", "bertons", and "breotns". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "beton", "breton", "bâtons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bretons, spelled B-R-E-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de breton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ses habitants se sont laissé saxoniser de langue au siècle dernier, mais nous espérons que leurs cœurs sont restés bretons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbretons
  • bertons
  • breotns
  • bretnos
  • bretonns
  • bretonss
  • bretosn
  • brettons
  • brretons
  • brteons
  • rbetons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbretons1bertons2breotns2bretnos2bretonns1bretonss1bretosn2brettons1
Edit distance from "bretons"

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 "bretons"?
"bretons" is spelled B-R-E-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁə.tɔ̃\.
What does "bretons" mean?
As an adjective, "bretons" means: Masculin pluriel de breton.
What words are commonly confused with "bretons"?
"bretons" is commonly confused with "beton", "breton", "bâtons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bretons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bretons" is \bʁə.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bretons" come from?
"bretons" 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 "bretons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list