brin

\bʁɛ̃\

/\bʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“brin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,462
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousse que le grain ou la graine émet d’abord hors de terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brin · brin · French

brin · rank #10,462 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,462
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bouygues

Nearest frequency peer: Bouygues (-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 « brin »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « brin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

brin vs bro
50% similar
brin vs bun
50% similar
brin vs brut
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for brin
PropertyValue
Headwordbrin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɛ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,462
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brinse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bouygues » (#10,461), « brutal » (#10,463), « botanique » (#10,460). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brin » est au #10,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around brin (IPA \bʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,462 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for brin, with forms such as "bbrin", "birn", and "brinn". 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, "bro", "bun", "brut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is brin, spelled B-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pousse que le grain ou la graine émet d’abord hors de terre.
  2. 2
    Toute petite partie de certaines choses longues et minces.
  3. 3
    Segment droit d'un câble compris deux poulies ou serre-câble.
  4. 4
    Fibre optique élémentaire d'un même câble (l'équivalent du toron pour un câble métallique).
  5. 5
    Filasse de lin ou de chanvre, de première qualité.
  6. 6
    Très petite quantité de certaines choses, un peu.
  7. 7
    Toute petite partie de certaines tâches.
  8. 8
    Pousses grêles et allongées des arbres, des arbustes, des plantes.
  9. 9
    Jet de bois sortant d’une souche restée en terre après que l’arbre a été coupé.
  10. 10
    …
  11. 11
    Cordage qui soutient la partie mobile du palan.
  12. 12
    Qualité de la toile à voile, ou des matelots.
  13. 13
    Tringle en bois. L’une des sections d’une canne à pêche qui s’emboitent l’une dans l’autre.
  14. 14
    Bordel → voir bringue.
  15. 15
    Étant donné un ensemble A de n points du disque unité ouvert D de ℂ, application b continue de [0, 1] dans D telle que b(0) et b(1) appartiennent à A.
  16. 16
    Merde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how brin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un brin d’herbe.
  2. Le seigle et le froment ont déjà poussé de beaux brins.

This word in other languages

sprout(English)fiapo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrin
  • birn
  • brinn
  • brni
  • brrin
  • rbin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brin - 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.

bbrin1birn2brinn1brni2brrin1rbin2
Edit distance from "brin"

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 "brin"?
"brin" is spelled B-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɛ̃\.
What does "brin" mean?
As a noun, "brin" means: Pousse que le grain ou la graine émet d’abord hors de terre.
What words are commonly confused with "brin"?
"brin" is commonly confused with "bro", "bun", "brut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brin" is \bʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brin" come from?
"brin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

book#10,459cape#10,465gard#10,509Hans#10,515

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

déçue6 variantsefface6 variantsferry6 variantsruban6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list