bréviligne
\bʁe.vi.liɲ\
The verdict
“bréviligne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De taille courte et épaisse, et avec des membres courts et épais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-breviligne · bréviligne · French
bréviligne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bréviligne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bʁe.vi.liɲ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bréviligne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʁe.vi.liɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De taille courte et épaisse, et avec des membres courts et épais.".
bréviligne has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bréviligne, spelled B-R-É-V-I-L-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1De taille courte et épaisse, et avec des membres courts et épais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bréviligne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Étienne avait immédiatement reconnu un Asiatique d’une soixantaine d’années, bréviligne, toujours boudiné dans son costume, un comprador qu’il avait maintes fois vu en affaires avec Gaston.
C’est un bouledogue dit français, au poil noir et brillant, au petit corps boulot, bréviligne, donc, si on vous demande, et plutôt bonne pâte.
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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.