bribe

\bʁib\

/\bʁib\/ noun

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The verdict

“bribe” is uncommon French (frequency #93,548 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,548
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit, insignifiant morceau de pain ou de nourriture laissé à un déshérité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bribe · bribe · French

bribe · rank #93,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,548
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bringing

Nearest frequency peer: bringing (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bribe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bribe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bribe
PropertyValue
Headwordbribe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁib\
Letters5
Frequency rank#93,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bribe » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bribetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bringing » (#93,550), « botteur » (#93,545), « Britta » (#93,551). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bribe » est au #93,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bribe is uncommon French at frequency #93,548 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁib\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Petit, insignifiant morceau de pain ou de nourriture laissé à un déshérité.
  2. 2
    Les restes d’un repas ou de nourriture.
  3. 3
    Toute sorte de restes ou de morceaux, notamment de paroles.
  4. 4
    Dans 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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Manger une bribe de pain.
  2. Il n’avait à manger que les bribes de viande qu’on voulait bien lui laisser.

Synonyms

boutfragmentlambeaupartierelief

This word in other languages

scrap(English)Brocken(Deutsch)bocadinho(Português)

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 "bribe"?
"bribe" is spelled B-R-I-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁib\.
What does "bribe" mean?
As a noun, "bribe" means: Petit, insignifiant morceau de pain ou de nourriture laissé à un déshérité.
How do you pronounce "bribe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bribe" is \bʁib\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bribe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

budge#93,555bugué#93,558Bojan#93,537bunga#93,559

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list