Brittany
The verdict
“Brittany” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,861
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin américain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brittany · Brittany · French
Brittany · rank #31,861 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,861
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bri
Nearest frequency peer: bri (-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 « Brittany »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bousculent
bousculent
68,143 corpus weight
- brasseurs
brasseurs
68,142 corpus weight
- bri
bri
68,141 corpus weight
- Brittany
Brittany
68,140 corpus weight
- broches
broches
68,139 corpus weight
- brome
brome
68,137 corpus weight
What this shows « Brittany » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brittany |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Brittany »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Brittany, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,861 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin américain.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brittany, with forms such as "bbrittany", "birttany", and "britany". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Brittany, spelled B-R-I-T-T-A-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin américain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Brittany appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leur tournée européenne a donné l’occasion à Nathalie et Brittany Haas de participer et d’animer une partie du stage de violons le week-end dernier.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrittany
- birttany
- britany
- britatny
- brittanny
- brittanyy
- brittayn
- brittnay
- brrittany
- brtitany
- rbittany
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brittany - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).