bricoleur

\bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\

/\bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bricoleur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,208
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui bricole.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bricoleur · bricoleur · French

bricoleur · rank #37,208 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,208
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH braconniers

Nearest frequency peer: braconniers (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bricoleur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bricoleur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bricoleur vs bricole
78% similar
bricoleur vs bricoler
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bricoleur
PropertyValue
Headwordbricoleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,208
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bricoleur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bricoleurse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « braconniers » (#37,207), « brouillons » (#37,209), « bouh » (#37,206). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bricoleur » est au #37,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around bricoleur (IPA \bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,208 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celui qui bricole.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bricoleur, with forms such as "bbricoleur", "bircoleur", and "brcioleur". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bricole", "bricoler", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bricoleur, spelled B-R-I-C-O-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui bricole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ils cherchent aussi à contacter un certain technicien, un bricoleur aux doigts de fée, qui a effectué un travail pour eux et qui a disparu de son domicile.

This word in other languages

tinkerer(English)Bastler(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbricoleur
  • bircoleur
  • brcioleur
  • briccoleur
  • bricloeur
  • bricoelur
  • bricoleru
  • bricoleurr
  • bricolleur
  • bricoluer
  • briocleur
  • brricoleur
  • rbicoleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bricoleur - 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.

bbricoleur1bircoleur2brcioleur2briccoleur1bricloeur2bricoelur2bricoleru2bricoleurr1
Edit distance from "bricoleur"

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 "bricoleur"?
"bricoleur" is spelled B-R-I-C-O-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\.
What does "bricoleur" mean?
As a noun, "bricoleur" means: Celui qui bricole.
What words are commonly confused with "bricoleur"?
"bricoleur" is commonly confused with "bricole", "bricoler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bricoleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bricoleur" is \bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bricoleur" come from?
"bricoleur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Burkinabè#37,214caressant#37,219cesseront#37,221character#37,223

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

brouillons13 variantschevreuse13 variantscolossales13 variantsCoutances13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list