brune
\bʁyn\
The verdict
“brune” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,155 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,155
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Femme ou fille ayant une chevelure allant de marron à noir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁyn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brune” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for brune is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁyn\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,155 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for brune, with forms such as "bbrune", "brnue", and "brrune". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bun", "bue", "brut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is brune, spelled B-R-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Femme ou fille ayant une chevelure allant de marron à noir.
- 2Bière à forte fermentation, fabriquée à partir de malt très torréfié.
- 3Cigarette à base de tabac brun.
- 4La brune désigne le moment de la journée où le soleil est en train de se coucher et n’est plus complètement visible. Lorsqu’il disparaît, mais que la lumière reste encore présente, il s’agit du crépuscule. À cette courte période de la journée correspond, le matin, l’aube, où le soleil est en train de se lever, sans être encore complètement visible. Le crépuscule correspond de même à l’aurore, lorsque la lumière commence avant que le soleil ne soit visible.
- 5Race laitière de grand taurin, originaire de Suisse, à robe brune et aux muqueuses noires.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrune,brnue,brrune,bruen,brunne,burne,rbune
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brune - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “brune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁyn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bun” - see the side-by-side comparison. brune vs bun
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.