bricole
\bʁi.kɔl\
The verdict
“bricole” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,151 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,151
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
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 | bricole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.kɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bricole” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bricole is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bricole, with forms such as "bbricole", "bircole", and "brciole". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Brille", "brocoli", "bricoler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bricole, spelled B-R-I-C-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Catapulte 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.
- 2Partie 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.
- 3Arsenal où l’on entrepose les munitions, la poudre, les pierres de machines de guerre.
- 4Longe, lanière de cuir que l’on passe sur les épaules, utilisée pour porter une civière, des seaux, etc. → voir bretelle
- 5Retour de la balle lorsqu’elle a frappé une des murailles des côtés.
- 6Fait d’envoyer sa bille frapper une des bandes de manière qu’elle rencontre ensuite la bille sur laquelle on joue.
- 7Action 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.
- 8Très petite ferme.
- 9Sorte de rets ou de filets pour prendre des cerfs, des daims, etc.
- 10Travaux menus, sans importance, accessoires.
- 11Bagatelle, chose de peu de valeur ou d’importance.
- 12Ennuis, problèmes.
- 13Dispositif empêchant les prisonniers ou personnes violentes de faire des gestes dangereux.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbricole,bircole,brciole,briccole,bricloe,bricoel,bricolle,briocle,brricole,rbicole
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bricole - 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 “bricole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-C-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁi.kɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Brille” - see the side-by-side comparison. bricole vs Brille
- 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.