brimbelle
\bʁɛ̃.bɛl\
The verdict
“brimbelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Myrtille sauvage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brimbelle · brimbelle · French
brimbelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | brimbelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɛ̃.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brimbelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɛ̃.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Myrtille sauvage.".
brimbelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brimbelle, spelled B-R-I-M-B-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Myrtille sauvage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brimbelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les baies de myrtilles, connues sous le nom de brimbelles, (Pourriot, Sâone-et-Loire; Cousines, Nord, Vosges), se mangent crues ou cuites et servent à la préparation de différentes conserves et liqueurs ; […].
La brimbelle est aux « chaumes » et aux sous-bois vosgiens ce que la mirabelle est à « la plaine », ce que la lavande est à la Provence.
Synonyms
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.