Brice
\bʁis\
The verdict
“Brice” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,981 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,981
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bʁis\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brice” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Brice is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,981 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brice, with forms such as "bbrice", "birce", and "brcie". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brin", "brie", "brio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Brice, spelled B-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
- 2Prénom féminin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrice,birce,brcie,bricce,briec,brrice,rbice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brice - 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.
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 “Brice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “brin” - see the side-by-side comparison. Brice vs brin
- 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.