Brno
\byr'no\
The verdict
“Brno” is uncommon French (frequency #72,136 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,136
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de la Moravie, en République tchèque, au confluent des rivières Svitava et Svratka.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brno · Brno · French
Brno · rank #72,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,136
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Braunschweig
Nearest frequency peer: Braunschweig (-2 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 « Brno »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- boycottage
boycottage
27,870 corpus weight
- brabançonne
brabançonne
27,869 corpus weight
- Braunschweig
Braunschweig
27,867 corpus weight
- Brno
Brno
27,865 corpus weight
- bruitage
bruitage
27,863 corpus weight
- burrito
burrito
27,860 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Brno » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brno |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \byr'no\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Brno » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Brno is uncommon French at frequency #72,136 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \byr'no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale de la Moravie, en République tchèque, au confluent des rivières Svitava et Svratka.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brno, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Brno, spelled B-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1Capitale de la Moravie, en République tchèque, au confluent des rivières Svitava et Svratka.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Brno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La population des grandes capitales des trois pays de la couronne de Bohême, Prague, Brno (Brünn), Opava (Troppau), et des villes secondaires était germanisée par les colons allemands, pour la plupart commerçans et industriels, et par les fonctionnaires de l’administration centrale, qui étaient exclusivement recrutés parmi les Allemands. La langue tchèque…
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); 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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