brig
\ˈbriːk\
The verdict
“brig” is uncommon French (frequency #90,488 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,488
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brick.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brig · brig · French
brig · rank #90,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,488
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bretteur
Nearest frequency peer: bretteur (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « brig »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Brains
Brains
9,517 corpus weight
- brasero
brasero
9,516 corpus weight
- bretteur
bretteur
9,514 corpus weight
- brig
brig
9,513 corpus weight
- Brosseau
Brosseau
9,510 corpus weight
- brouilleurs
brouilleurs
9,509 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brig » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbriːk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brig is uncommon French at frequency #90,488 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbriːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brick.".
No misspelling variants are generated for brig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is brig, spelled B-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1Brick.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how brig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Savet ’oa an heol pa zeuas ar brig war wel, ha kerkent ha m’hellas e roas dimp da cʼhouzout en devoa ezhomm sikour.
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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