Brot

\bʀoːt\

/\bʀoːt\/ noun

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The verdict

“Brot” is uncommon French (frequency #94,564 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,564
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brot · Brot · French

Brot · rank #94,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,564
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH broom

Nearest frequency peer: broom (-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 « Brot »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Brot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brot
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʀoːt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#94,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Brot » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Brottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « broom » (#94,563), « broutent » (#94,565), « brime » (#94,561). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Brot » est au #94,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brot is uncommon French at frequency #94,564 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʀoːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Brot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Brot, spelled B-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pain.
  2. 2
    Salaire, croûte.
  3. 3
    Nourriture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Brot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Heute habe ich ein Brot gebacken.
  2. Mittlerweile gibt es die Croques in allerhand Abwandlungen: vegetarisch natürlich und auch vegan, normand mit Camembert und norvégien mit Räucherlachs, in der Luxusvariante mit Kaviar und bei hippen Bio-Lokalen mit Brot vom Bäcker ums Eck und 24 Monate gereiftem Comté.

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 "Brot"?
"Brot" is spelled B-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʀoːt\.
What does "Brot" mean?
As a noun, "Brot" means: Pain.
How do you pronounce "Brot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brot" is \bʀoːt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brot" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bote#94,549cani#94,584CGCT#94,609baha#94,503

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list