# brocade

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹəˈkeɪd/ · frequency rank #45,244

## Definitions
1. A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
2. An item decorated with brocade.
3. Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
4. A decorative pattern.

## Etymology
From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.

## Easily confused with
- **bromide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brocade-vs-bromide)
- **broad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broad-vs-brocade)
- **broader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broader-vs-brocade)
- **brigade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brigade-vs-brocade)
- **broaden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broaden-vs-brocade)
- **blockade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blockade-vs-brocade)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbrocade`, `borcade`, `brcoade`, `broacde`, `brocadde`, `brocaed`, `broccade`, `brocdae`, `brrocade`, `rbocade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brocade