Which to use
“bois” and “brise” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,226
- “bois” frequency rank
- #25,930
- “brise” frequency rank
- 53156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bois | brise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Baumaterial, das man aus Bäumen gewinnt: Holz | Brise, Lüftchen |
Where the eye mixes bois and brise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bois runs 4 letters (CVVC) against brise's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bois and brise
A purely visual mix-up. bois ([bwa]) and brise ([bʁiz]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bois is recorded at frequency rank #27,226, classified as anoun, pronounced [bwa]. brise is at rank #25,930, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bʁiz].
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 53156, this pair ranks #1,069,016 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bois vs brise
Shared letters: bis. Private to "bois": o. Private to "brise": er.
"bois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "brise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bois" and "brise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bois" or "brise"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bois" and "brise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,069,016 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bois" and "brise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bims vs bois". 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 #1,069,016 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.