brought
\ˈbɹɔːt\
The verdict
“brought” is uncommon French (frequency #77,315 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,315
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit de bring.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brought · brought · French
brought · rank #77,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,315
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bui
Nearest frequency peer: bui (+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 « brought »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bradycardie
bradycardie
22,690 corpus weight
- brea
brea
22,689 corpus weight
- brought
brought
22,686 corpus weight
- bui
bui
22,684 corpus weight
- bâcler
bâcler
22,683 corpus weight
- Bérangère
Bérangère
22,682 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brought » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brought |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈbɹɔːt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brought » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brought is uncommon French at frequency #77,315 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈbɹɔːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brought, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is brought, spelled B-R-O-U-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Prétérit de bring.
- 2Participe passé de bring.
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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