Bry
\bʁi\
The verdict
“Bry” is uncommon French (frequency #55,792 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,792
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bry · Bry · French
Bry · rank #55,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,792
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bruissement
Nearest frequency peer: bruissement (-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 « Bry »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- breveter
breveter
44,212 corpus weight
- broke
broke
44,211 corpus weight
- bruissement
bruissement
44,210 corpus weight
- Bry
Bry
44,209 corpus weight
- brûleur
brûleur
44,208 corpus weight
- Buzyn
Buzyn
44,207 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bry » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bry |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bʁi\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #55,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bry » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bry is uncommon French at frequency #55,792 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Bry in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Bry, spelled B-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.
- 2Forme abrégée du nom de la commune française de Bry-sur-Marne, située dans le département du Val-de-Marne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur les hauteurs de Champigny, de Bry, de Villiers pointent dans les herbes folles des floppées de vieux petits monuments mangés de mousse, étouffés sous les ronces, jalons de la terrible bataille de Champigny qui aurait été fameuse si seulement on avait gagné la guerre.
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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