brotherhood
\ˈbɹʌð.əˌhʊd\
The verdict
“brotherhood” is uncommon French (frequency #66,550 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,550
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fraternité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brotherhood · brotherhood · French
brotherhood · rank #66,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,550
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brrr
Nearest frequency peer: brrr (+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 « brotherhood »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- borie
borie
33,457 corpus weight
- brade
brade
33,454 corpus weight
- brotherhood
brotherhood
33,451 corpus weight
- brrr
brrr
33,450 corpus weight
- brush
brush
33,449 corpus weight
- Burg
Burg
33,446 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brotherhood » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brotherhood |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɹʌð.əˌhʊd\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brotherhood » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brotherhood is uncommon French at frequency #66,550 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɹʌð.əˌhʊd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brotherhood, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is brotherhood, spelled B-R-O-T-H-E-R-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1Fraternité.
- 2Confraternité (association).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brotherhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peace and brotherhood.
Brotherhood of nations.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).