brime

\bʁim\

/\bʁim\/ verb

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The verdict

“brime” is an uncommon French word, ranked #94,561 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#94,561
frequency rank, French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de brimer.

Key facts for brime
PropertyValue
Headwordbrime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁim\
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brime” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brime lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for brime is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁim\. Corpus data places it at rank #94,561 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for brime in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 brime, spelled B-R-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de brimer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de brimer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de brimer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de brimer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de brimer.

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 "brime"?
"brime" is spelled B-R-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁim\.
What does "brime" mean?
As a verb, "brime" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de brimer.
How do you pronounce "brime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brime" is \bʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brime" come from?
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Using “brime”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bʁim\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list