brisa

\bʁi.za\

/\bʁi.za\/ verb

The verdict

“brisa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,036
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe briser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brisa · brisa · French

brisa · rank #46,036 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,036
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brindilles

Nearest frequency peer: brindilles (-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 « brisa »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brisa » 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).

brisa vs bros
60% similar
brisa vs buis
60% similar
brisa vs brit
60% similar

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

Key facts for brisa
PropertyValue
Headwordbrisa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁi.za\
Letters5
Frequency rank#46,036
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brisa »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brisase place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brindilles » (#46,035), « Bratislava » (#46,034), « brou » (#46,038). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brisa » est au #46,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around brisa (IPA \bʁi.za\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,036 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe briser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for brisa, with forms such as "bbrisa", "birsa", and "brias". 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, "bros", "buis", "brit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brisa, spelled B-R-I-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe briser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrisa
  • birsa
  • brias
  • brissa
  • brrisa
  • brsia
  • rbisa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbrisa1birsa2brias2brissa1brrisa1brsia2rbisa2
Edit distance from "brisa"

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 "brisa"?
"brisa" is spelled B-R-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.za\.
What does "brisa" mean?
As a verb, "brisa" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe briser.
What words are commonly confused with "brisa"?
"brisa" is commonly confused with "bros", "buis", "brit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brisa" is \bʁi.za\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brisa" come from?
"brisa" 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 "brisa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list