bridge

\bʁidʒ\

/\bʁidʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bridge” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,744
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de cartes qui se joue à la levée et par équipe de deux en utilisant un important pourcentage de mots anglo-saxons tels que les overbids ou le squeeze.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bridge · bridge · French

bridge · rank #13,744 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,744
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boivent

Nearest frequency peer: boivent (-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 « bridge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bridge » 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).

bridge vs brie
67% similar
bridge vs Brise
50% similar
bridge vs brive
67% similar

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

Key facts for bridge
PropertyValue
Headwordbridge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁidʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,744
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bridge »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bridgese 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 « boivent » (#13,743), « board » (#13,742), « Camerounais » (#13,746). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bridge » est au #13,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bridge (IPA \bʁidʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,744 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bridge, with forms such as "bbridge", "birdge", and "brdige". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "brie", "Brise", "brive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bridge, spelled B-R-I-D-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu de cartes qui se joue à la levée et par équipe de deux en utilisant un important pourcentage de mots anglo-saxons tels que les overbids ou le squeeze.
  2. 2
    Partie de ce jeu.
  3. 3
    Type de prothèse dentaire partielle fixe.
  4. 4
    Appareil photo numérique qui a la structure d'un reflex, mais équipé d’un objectif inamovible.
  5. 5
    Siège intermédiaire entre la chaise et le fauteuil possédant des accoudoirs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D’autres poussent leurs pions sur un damier démantibulé, tandis qu’à la table voisine Alain, assisté de trois autres sectateurs, procède solennellement aux mystères du bridge au milieu d’un épais nuage de tabac, l’encens qui plaît à ce petit dieu-là.
  2. 26 juin 1941 – Tout le monde joue au bridge et nous apparaissons comme deux infirmes qui ne savent même pas ce qu’est un schelem.

Synonyms

pont

This word in other languages

bridge(English)bridge(Español)bridge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbridge
  • birdge
  • brdige
  • briddge
  • brideg
  • bridgge
  • brigde
  • brridge
  • rbidge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bridge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbridge1birdge2brdige2briddge1brideg2bridgge1brigde2brridge1
Edit distance from "bridge"

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 "bridge"?
"bridge" is spelled B-R-I-D-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁidʒ\.
What does "bridge" mean?
As a noun, "bridge" means: Jeu de cartes qui se joue à la levée et par équipe de deux en utilisant un important pourcentage de mots anglo-saxons tels que les overbids ou le squeeze.
What words are commonly confused with "bridge"?
"bridge" is commonly confused with "brie", "Brise", "brive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bridge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bridge" is \bʁidʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bridge" come from?
"bridge" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Clarke#13,749Amanda#13,729Africa#13,725dealer#13,766

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

basique9 variantsWarner9 variantsWagner9 variantstoiture9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list