brigade

\bʁi.ɡad\

/\bʁi.ɡad\/ noun

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The verdict

“brigade” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,430
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps de troupes composé de plusieurs bataillons, escadrons ou régiments, sous le commandement d’un officier général.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brigade · brigade · French

brigade · rank #5,430 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,430
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brian

Nearest frequency peer: Brian (-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 « brigade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brigade » 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).

brigade vs brigue
71% similar
brigade vs brigand
71% similar
brigade vs brigades
88% similar

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

Key facts for brigade
PropertyValue
Headwordbrigade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.ɡad\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,430
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brigade »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brigadese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Brian » (#5,429), « Brise » (#5,431), « breton » (#5,428). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brigade » est au #5,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around brigade (IPA \bʁi.ɡad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,430 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brigade, with forms such as "bbrigade", "birgade", and "brgiade". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "brigue", "brigand", "brigades", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brigade, spelled B-R-I-G-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps de troupes composé de plusieurs bataillons, escadrons ou régiments, sous le commandement d’un officier général.
  2. 2
    Escouade placée sous les ordres d’un officier subalterne dit brigadier.
  3. 3
    Groupe d’ouvriers travaillant en commun sous les ordres d’un même surveillant dans certains corps de métier.
  4. 4
    Ensemble d'animaux devant remplir une mission commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’effectif de la brigade n’avait pas varié : il s’était maintenu au chiffre de 6.000 hommes, grâce à l’apport régulier des dépôts.
  2. Tel régiment est de brigade ou fait brigade avec tel autre.

Synonyms

équipe

This word in other languages

brigade(English)brigada(Español)Brigade(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrigade
  • birgade
  • brgiade
  • briagde
  • brigadde
  • brigaed
  • brigdae
  • briggade
  • brrigade
  • rbigade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbrigade1birgade2brgiade2briagde2brigadde1brigaed2brigdae2briggade1
Edit distance from "brigade"

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 "brigade"?
"brigade" is spelled B-R-I-G-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.ɡad\.
What does "brigade" mean?
As a noun, "brigade" means: Corps de troupes composé de plusieurs bataillons, escadrons ou régiments, sous le commandement d’un officier général.
What words are commonly confused with "brigade"?
"brigade" is commonly confused with "brigue", "brigand", "brigades". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brigade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brigade" is \bʁi.ɡad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brigade" come from?
"brigade" 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 "brigade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

charger#5,432clément#5,434antenne#5,423constat#5,439

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

voulant10 variantsexamens10 variantsreposer10 variantsinsiste10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list