Which to use
“brevet” and “brevets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,319
- “brevet” frequency rank
- #9,438
- “brevets” frequency rank
- 14757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brevet | brevets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Titre ou diplôme qui était délivré au nom de l’état. | Pluriel de brevet. |
Same sound, different letters: brevet vs brevets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. brevet runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against brevets's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - brevet / brevets
This is the hard kind. brevet and brevets are pronounced identically (\bʁə.vɛ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “brevet” sits inside “brevets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brevet is recorded at frequency rank #5,319, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁə.vɛ\. brevets is at rank #9,438, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁə.vɛ\.
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 14757, this pair ranks #395,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of brevet vs brevets
Shared letters: bertv. Private to "brevet": -. Private to "brevets": s.
"brevet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "brevets" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brevet" and "brevets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "brevet" or "brevets"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "brevet" / "brevets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "brevet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brevets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brevet" and "brevets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bouvet vs brevet". 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 #395,338 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.