brigantine
\bʁi.ɡɑ̃.tin\
The verdict
“brigantine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand-voile trapézoïdale, particulière au brigantin et au brick.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brigantine · brigantine · French
brigantine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | brigantine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.ɡɑ̃.tin\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brigantine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.ɡɑ̃.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brigantine, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 brigantine, spelled B-R-I-G-A-N-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Grand-voile trapézoïdale, particulière au brigantin et au brick.
- 2Navire à deux mâts qui porte cette voile à son mât principal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brigantine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le capitaine don Orteva se trouva dès lors sous le vent du navire, masqué par la brigantine.
[…], ce sont de grandes chaloupes ne dépassant pas dix mètres, pourvues d’un seul mât au premier tiers, et d’une brigantine surmontée d’un hunier.
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.