briller
\bʁi.je\
The verdict
“briller” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,648
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’agiter, aller de-ci de-là, frétiller d’impatience.
Corpus desk
Index FR-briller · briller · French
briller · rank #10,648 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,648
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bourges
Nearest frequency peer: Bourges (-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 « briller »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bouchons
bouchons
89,356 corpus weight
- boulanger
boulanger
89,355 corpus weight
- Bourges
Bourges
89,354 corpus weight
- briller
briller
89,353 corpus weight
- Bulgarie
Bulgarie
89,352 corpus weight
- cancers
cancers
89,351 corpus weight
What this shows « briller » 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 | briller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « briller »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around briller (IPA \bʁi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,648 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for briller, with forms such as "bbriller", "birller", and "brilelr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "briser", "brûler", "brouiller", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is briller, spelled B-R-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1S’agiter, aller de-ci de-là, frétiller d’impatience.
- 2Émettre une lumière vive.
- 3Avoir de l’éclat, en parlant du visage humain ou du regard.
- 4Attirer et fixer agréablement l’attention.
- 5Exceller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how briller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur tous autres brilloient d’ardeur de combattre les jeunes gentilzhommes et chevaliers Romains.
Remonte, remonte, cria la jeune femme ; je vois reluire des épées, je vois briller la mèche d’une arquebuse. C’est un guet-apens.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbriller
- birller
- brilelr
- briler
- brillerr
- brillre
- brliler
- brriller
- rbiller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of briller - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).