Brille
\ˈbʁɪ.lə\
The verdict
“Brille” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,831
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lunettes, instrument d’optique ou de protection composé de deux verres placés au-devant des deux yeux et assemblés par une monture qui repose sur le nez et sur les oreilles par deux branches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brille · Brille · French
Brille · rank #10,831 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,831
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouquin
Nearest frequency peer: bouquin (-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 « Brille »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- baccalauréat
baccalauréat
89,172 corpus weight
- bouquin
bouquin
89,171 corpus weight
- Brille
Brille
89,170 corpus weight
- brique
brique
89,169 corpus weight
- Brooklyn
Brooklyn
89,168 corpus weight
- camus
camus
89,167 corpus weight
What this shows « Brille » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbʁɪ.lə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Brille »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Brille (IPA \ˈbʁɪ.lə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,831 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brille, with forms such as "bbrille", "birlle", and "brile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brise", "bulle", "brûlé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Brille, spelled B-R-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Lunettes, instrument d’optique ou de protection composé de deux verres placés au-devant des deux yeux et assemblés par une monture qui repose sur le nez et sur les oreilles par deux branches.
- 2Lunettes, anneau coloré autour des yeux de certains animaux.
- 3Lunette de la cuvette des toilettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Brille.
Beim Autofahren muss ich eine Brille tragen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrille
- birlle
- brile
- brilel
- brlile
- brrille
- rbille
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brille - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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