bris

\bʁi\

/\bʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“bris” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,875
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rupture faite, le plus souvent avec violence, d’un scellé, d’une porte fermée, d’une clôture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bris · bris · French

bris · rank #21,875 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,875
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brel

Nearest frequency peer: Brel (-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 « bris »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bris » 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).

bris vs BS
0% similar
bris vs bus
50% similar
bris vs BTS
0% similar

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

Key facts for bris
PropertyValue
Headwordbris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,875
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bris »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brisse 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 « Brel » (#21,874), « Britney » (#21,876), « bouchées » (#21,873). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bris » est au #21,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bris (IPA \bʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,875 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bris, with forms such as "bbris", "birs", and "briss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BS", "bus", "BTS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bris, spelled B-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rupture faite, le plus souvent avec violence, d’un scellé, d’une porte fermée, d’une clôture.
  2. 2
    Interruption.
  3. 3
    Pièces d’un navire, d’une embarcation qui s’est défoncée, brisée en donnant contre les rochers ou sur les bancs.
  4. 4
    Bande de fer fixant une porte sur ses gonds.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ancien boxeur Dave Hilton a de nouveau comparu, mercredi matin, au palais de justice de Montréal, pour bris de conditions.
  2. Bris de scellés !… la justice ne badine pas avec les farces de ce calibre-là…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbris
  • birs
  • briss
  • brris
  • brsi
  • rbis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bris - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbris1birs2briss1brris1brsi2rbis2
Edit distance from "bris"

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 "bris"?
"bris" is spelled B-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi\.
What does "bris" mean?
As a noun, "bris" means: Rupture faite, le plus souvent avec violence, d’un scellé, d’une porte fermée, d’une clôture.
What words are commonly confused with "bris"?
"bris" is commonly confused with "BS", "bus", "BTS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bris" is \bʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bris" come from?
"bris" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list