brevet

\bʁə.vɛ\

/\bʁə.vɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“brevet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,319
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titre ou diplôme qui était délivré au nom de l’état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brevet · brevet · French

brevet · rank #5,319 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,319
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brun

Nearest frequency peer: brun (+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 « brevet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brevet » 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).

brevet vs brive
67% similar
brevet vs Brexit
50% similar
brevet vs brunet
67% similar

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

Key facts for brevet
PropertyValue
Headwordbrevet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁə.vɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,319
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brevet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brevetse 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 « brun » (#5,320), « blagues » (#5,317), « Caen » (#5,321). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brevet » est au #5,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around brevet (IPA \bʁə.vɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,319 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for brevet, with forms such as "bbrevet", "bervet", and "breevt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "brive", "Brexit", "brunet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is brevet, spelled B-R-E-V-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titre ou diplôme qui était délivré au nom de l’état.
  2. 2
    Diplôme de l’enseignement primaire et secondaire.
  3. 3
    Titre décerné oralement.
  4. 4
    Certificat que le gouvernement délivre à un inventeur, à l’auteur d’une nouvelle invention, pour lui en assurer la propriété et l’exploitation exclusive pendant un certain nombre d’années.
  5. 5
    Expédition non scellée, par laquelle le souverain accordait une grâce, un titre, etc.
  6. 6
    Reconnaissance de marchandises chargées à bord, et obligation de les porter à destination.
  7. 7
    Bain d’une cuve.
  8. 8
    Habilitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Prends un brevet dans ce tiroir, et donne-le-moi ». De Guiche prit le brevet indiqué d’une main, et de l’autre présenta à Monsieur une plume toute trempée dans l’encre. Le prince signa.
  2. Il a reçu le brevet de sa pension, son brevet de colonel, de lieutenant, de capitaine. On dit encore Brevet de la Légion d’honneur.

This word in other languages

patent(English)patente(Español)Patent(Deutsch)patente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrevet
  • bervet
  • breevt
  • brevett
  • brevte
  • brevvet
  • brrevet
  • brveet
  • rbevet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brevet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbrevet1bervet2breevt2brevett1brevte2brevvet1brrevet1brveet2
Edit distance from "brevet"

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 "brevet"?
"brevet" is spelled B-R-E-V-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁə.vɛ\.
What does "brevet" mean?
As a noun, "brevet" means: Titre ou diplôme qui était délivré au nom de l’état.
What words are commonly confused with "brevet"?
"brevet" is commonly confused with "brive", "Brexit", "brunet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brevet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brevet" is \bʁə.vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brevet" come from?
"brevet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brevet", 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