montre-bracelet
\mɔ̃.tʁə.bʁa.slɛ\
The verdict
“montre-bracelet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montre se portant au bracelet, par opposition à la montre à gousset.
Corpus desk
Index FR-montre-bracelet · montre-bracelet · French
montre-bracelet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | montre-bracelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.tʁə.bʁa.slɛ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « montre-bracelet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
montre-bracelet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃.tʁə.bʁa.slɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Montre se portant au bracelet, par opposition à la montre à gousset.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for montre-bracelet, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 montre-bracelet, spelled M-O-N-T-R-E---B-R-A-C-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Montre se portant au bracelet, par opposition à la montre à gousset.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how montre-bracelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une bonne échevelée et livide s’arracha à un fauteuil où elle ronflait en boule et leur ouvrit la porte. Comme Alain avait donné tout l’argent qui lui restait au taxi qui les avait amenés là, il détacha vivement sa montre-bracelet et la lui donna. La femme en fut tirée de sa stupeur ; pourtant elle lui jeta un regard de dépit, car elle n’avait pas d’ama…
De son bras replié, il pressait la nuque de la fille et Louis le soupçonnait de jeter un œil furtif sur sa montre-bracelet pour chronométrer le baiser.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.