briquet

/\bʁi.kɛ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,768

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

briquet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite pièce d’acier dont on se servait pour tirer du feu d’un silex. Pronounced \bʁi.kɛ\. Often confused with brique and braque.

Key facts for briquet
PropertyValue
Headwordbriquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.kɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,768
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of briquet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for briquet is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁi.kɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,768 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for briquet, with forms such as "bbriquet", "birquet", and "briqeut". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "brique", "braque", "brigue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is briquet, spelled B-R-I-Q-U-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite pièce d’acier dont on se servait pour tirer du feu d’un silex.
  2. 2
    L’un des divers appareils au moyen desquels on obtient du feu.
  3. 3
    Collation que l’on emportait pour aller travailler.
  4. 4
    Charnière ayant un double axe d'articulation. (On dit aussi charnière à briquet).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbriquet,birquet,briqeut,briqquet,briquett,briqute,briuqet,brqiuet,brriquet,rbiquet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for briquet

Misspelling Variants of "briquet"

bbriquet8birquet7briqeut7briqquet8briquett8briqute7briuqet7brqiuet7
Misspelling Variants of "briquet"

Frequency rank: #19,768 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "briquet"?
"briquet" is spelled B-R-I-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.kɛ\.
What does "briquet" mean?
As a noun, "briquet" means: Petite pièce d’acier dont on se servait pour tirer du feu d’un silex.
What words are commonly confused with "briquet"?
"briquet" is commonly confused with "brique", "braque", "brigue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "briquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "briquet" is \bʁi.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "briquet" come from?
"briquet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.