bricole

/\bʁi.kɔl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,151

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

bricole is aFrenchnoun. It means: Catapulte médiévale, constituée d'un balancier appelé verge au bout duquel est attachée une poche contenant des projectiles, qui était actionnée en tirant sur l’autre extrémité du balancier, la tra... Pronounced \bʁi.kɔl\. Often confused with Brille and brocoli.

Key facts for bricole
PropertyValue
Headwordbricole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.kɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,151
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bricole in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bricole is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁi.kɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,151 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for bricole, with forms such as "bbricole", "bircole", and "brciole". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Brille", "brocoli", "bricoler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bricole, spelled B-R-I-C-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Catapulte médiévale, constituée d'un balancier appelé verge au bout duquel est attachée une poche contenant des projectiles, qui était actionnée en tirant sur l’autre extrémité du balancier, la traction étant facilitée par l’ajout d’un contre-poids.
  2. 2
    Partie du harnais ou harnais léger d’un animal de trait (cheval, âne, dromadaire, etc.) contre laquelle s’appuie son poitrail lorsqu’il va en avant.
  3. 3
    Arsenal où l’on entrepose les munitions, la poudre, les pierres de machines de guerre.
  4. 4
    Longe, lanière de cuir que l’on passe sur les épaules, utilisée pour porter une civière, des seaux, etc. → voir bretelle
  5. 5
    Retour de la balle lorsqu’elle a frappé une des murailles des côtés.
  6. 6
    Fait d’envoyer sa bille frapper une des bandes de manière qu’elle rencontre ensuite la bille sur laquelle on joue.
  7. 7
    Action des charges placées au dessus du centre de gravité d’un navire, et qui poussent à le faire pencher d’un coté ou de l’autre et au augmenter le roulis.
  8. 8
    Très petite ferme.
  9. 9
    Sorte de rets ou de filets pour prendre des cerfs, des daims, etc.
  10. 10
    Travaux menus, sans importance, accessoires.
  11. 11
    Bagatelle, chose de peu de valeur ou d’importance.
  12. 12
    Ennuis, problèmes.
  13. 13
    Dispositif empêchant les prisonniers ou personnes violentes de faire des gestes dangereux.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbricole,bircole,brciole,briccole,bricloe,bricoel,bricolle,briocle,brricole,rbicole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bricole

Misspelling Variants of "bricole"

bbricole8bircole7brciole7briccole8bricloe7bricoel7bricolle8briocle7
Misspelling Variants of "bricole"

Frequency rank: #40,151 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bricole"?
"bricole" is spelled B-R-I-C-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.kɔl\.
What does "bricole" mean?
As a noun, "bricole" means: Catapulte médiévale, constituée d'un balancier appelé verge au bout duquel est attachée une poche contenant des projectiles, qui était actionnée en tirant sur l’autre extrémité du balancier, la tra...
What words are commonly confused with "bricole"?
"bricole" is commonly confused with "Brille", "brocoli", "bricoler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bricole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bricole" is \bʁi.kɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bricole" come from?
"bricole" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.