brisait
\bʁi.zɛ\
The verdict
“brisait” is uncommon French (frequency #61,362 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,362
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe briser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brisait · brisait · French
brisait · rank #61,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,362
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brink
Nearest frequency peer: brink (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « brisait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Braithwaite
Braithwaite
38,642 corpus weight
- Brantôme
Brantôme
38,641 corpus weight
- brink
brink
38,640 corpus weight
- brisait
brisait
38,639 corpus weight
- Brocéliande
Brocéliande
38,638 corpus weight
- cachons
cachons
38,636 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brisait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brisait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁi.zɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brisait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brisait is uncommon French at frequency #61,362 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁi.zɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe briser.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brisait, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brisait, spelled B-R-I-S-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe briser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how brisait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À coups d’amendes, le préfet Foy, créature du prince-président, brisait les feuilles montagnardes ardennaises.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).