brilles

\bʁij\

/\bʁij\/ verb

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The verdict

“brilles” is uncommon French (frequency #94,560 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,560
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe briller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brilles · brilles · French

brilles · rank #94,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,560
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bridger

Nearest frequency peer: bridger (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « brilles »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brilles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brilles
PropertyValue
Headwordbrilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁij\
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brilles » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brillestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bridger » (#94,559), « brime » (#94,561), « braquées » (#94,557). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brilles » est au #94,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brilles is uncommon French at frequency #94,560 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brilles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 brilles, spelled B-R-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe briller.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe briller.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brilles"?
"brilles" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁij\.
What does "brilles" mean?
As a verb, "brilles" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe briller.
How do you pronounce "brilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brilles" is \bʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brilles" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brilles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bridger#94,559Bouchra#94,552bottega#94,551bébêtes#94,573

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list