brindille

\bʁɛ̃.dij\

/\bʁɛ̃.dij\/ noun

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The verdict

“brindille” is uncommon French (frequency #57,796 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,796
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Branchette d’arbre mince et courte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brindille · brindille · French

brindille · rank #57,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,796
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brics

Nearest frequency peer: brics (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “brindille”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “brindille” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brindille
PropertyValue
Headwordbrindille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɛ̃.dij\
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “brindille” se place dans la fréquence du français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brics » (#57,795), « broadcast » (#57,797), « Bukowski » (#57,798). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brindille is uncommon French at frequency #57,796 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɛ̃.dij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for brindille in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is brindille, spelled B-R-I-N-D-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Branchette d’arbre mince et courte.
  2. 2
    Brin, bout, petit morceau.
  3. 3
    Belle fille mince et grande.
  4. 4
    Fer plat travaillé de manière à faire des volutes et servant de décors sur grilles et les balcons en fer forgé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les brindilles sont imprimées sur nos mains, nos joues, même la joue malade, et jusqu’au soir nous aurons l'air d’avoir dormi entre l’époque tertiaire et l’époque quaternaire.
  2. Sans souci des brindilles qui le giflent, des ronces qui l’agriffent, il court, il court, pareil au solitaire qui charge l’ennemi.

This word in other languages

twig(English)ramilla(Español)Zweig(Deutsch)

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 "brindille"?
"brindille" is spelled B-R-I-N-D-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɛ̃.dij\.
What does "brindille" mean?
As a noun, "brindille" means: Branchette d’arbre mince et courte.
How do you pronounce "brindille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brindille" is \bʁɛ̃.dij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brindille" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

broadcast#57,797bâtissent#57,799Bérégovoy#57,800cabillaud#57,801

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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