brise-vent
\bʁiz.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“brise-vent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clôture, abri, plantation destinée à garantir arbres et plantes de l’action du vent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brise-vent · brise-vent · French
brise-vent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | brise-vent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁiz.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brise-vent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁiz.vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clôture, abri, plantation destinée à garantir arbres et plantes de l’action du vent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brise-vent, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is brise-vent, spelled B-R-I-S-E---V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Clôture, abri, plantation destinée à garantir arbres et plantes de l’action du vent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brise-vent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des brise-vent.
Mais à la différence de ce qui pourrait être observé avec un brise-vent isolé de même type, la vitesse du vent est beaucoup plus réduite et sa réduction se fait sentir sur des distances beaucoup plus grandes.
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.