briquette
\bʁi.kɛt\
The verdict
“briquette” 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) - Petite masse faite de houille, ou de tourbe et autres matières agglomérées, que l’on moule en forme de brique, laquelle sert de combustible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-briquette · briquette · French
briquette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | briquette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.kɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
briquette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for briquette, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is briquette, spelled B-R-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite masse faite de houille, ou de tourbe et autres matières agglomérées, que l’on moule en forme de brique, laquelle sert de combustible.
- 2Petite brique constituée de toute matière.
- 3Plaquette de céramique utilisée en parement extérieur des murs pour leur donner l’aspect d’un mur en briques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how briquette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pratique la plus courante en France et en Belgique consiste à préparer des briquettes d'un poids unitaire de 10 kgr. telles qu'elles sont demandées par les chemins de fer et les compagnies de navigation.
Briquettes ou boulets, ou bien encore en vrac. Le tas de charbon voisine avec le tas de pommes de terre.
This word in other languages
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.