brochure
/bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/noun
brochure is spelled B-R-O-C-H-U-R-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brochure means “A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brochure is brochures.
How many letters and syllables are in brochure?
| Letters | 8: B-R-O-C-H-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is brochure?
Brochure appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brochure?
- UK /ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/
- US /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/
- US /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/
Brochure has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-brochure.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with brochure?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as brochure from its last stressed vowel (/ʊəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of brochure
- brochures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brochure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.
Have a look in the Acme brochure for a new vacuum cleaner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brochure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense booklet of printed informational matter:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does brochure come from?
1748, from French brochure (“stitched work”), from brocher (“to stitch”), from Old French brochier (“to pierce”), from broche (“awl”), from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed”). Doublet of broach.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).