brigantin
\bʁi.ɡɑ̃.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“brigantin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit bâtiment à un ou deux mâts, gréé comme un brick, et qui n’a qu’un pont.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brigantin · brigantin · French
brigantin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brigantin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.ɡɑ̃.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brigantin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brigantin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.ɡɑ̃.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit bâtiment à un ou deux mâts, gréé comme un brick, et qui n’a qu’un pont.".
No misspelling variants are generated for brigantin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brigantin, spelled B-R-I-G-A-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Petit bâtiment à un ou deux mâts, gréé comme un brick, et qui n’a qu’un pont.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brigantin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A 2 milles dans l'est-nord-est se trouverait une roche couverte de 2 mètres d'eau, désignée sous le nom de Helen, porté par un brigantin de Dundee qui s'y perdit le 19 avril 1824.
Le 10 février 1606, il fit mouiller un brigantin dans un de ses ports.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.