Which to use
“braque” and “brigue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,380
- “braque” frequency rank
- #36,739
- “brigue” frequency rank
- 57119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | braque | brigue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Race de chien d’arrêt originaires du continent européen, à oreilles pendantes et le plus souvent à poil court, parfois à poil dur, excellent pour la chasse en plaine. | Manœuvre secrète et détournée pour obtenir de quelqu'un un avantage, intrigue, magouille. |
Where the eye mixes braque and brigue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: braque vs brigue
A purely visual mix-up. braque (\bʁak\) and brigue (\bʁiɡ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
braque is recorded at frequency rank #20,380, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁak\. brigue is at rank #36,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁiɡ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 57119, this pair ranks #116,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of braque vs brigue
Shared letters: beru. Private to "braque": aq. Private to "brigue": gi.
"braque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "brigue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "braque" for "brigue" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "braque" and "brigue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "braque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brigue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "braque" and "brigue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brigue vs briguer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #116,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.