Brigitte
\bʁi.ʒit\
The verdict
“Brigitte” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,815 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,815
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brigitte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.ʒit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brigitte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Brigitte is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁi.ʒit\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,815 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brigitte, with forms such as "bbrigitte", "birgitte", and "brgiitte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Brigitte, spelled B-R-I-G-I-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrigitte,birgitte,brgiitte,briggitte,brigite,brigitet,brigtite,briigtte,brrigitte,rbigitte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brigitte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Brigitte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-G-I-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁi.ʒit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.