bribe
\bʁib\
The verdict
“bribe” is an uncommon French word, ranked #93,548 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #93,548
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit, insignifiant morceau de pain ou de nourriture laissé à un déshérité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bribe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁib\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bribe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bribe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁib\. Corpus data places it at rank #93,548 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for bribe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 bribe, spelled B-R-I-B-E.
Definition
- 1Petit, insignifiant morceau de pain ou de nourriture laissé à un déshérité.
- 2Les restes d’un repas ou de nourriture.
- 3Toute sorte de restes ou de morceaux, notamment de paroles.
- 4Dans un signal numérique formé selon une loi déterminée à partir d’un élément de donnée, une des parties émises successivement, qui possède des caractéristiques distinctes des autres.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “bribe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁib\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.