brasero

\bʁa.ze.ʁo\

/\bʁa.ze.ʁo\/ noun

The verdict

“brasero” is uncommon French (frequency #90,485 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,485
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de braséro.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brasero · brasero · French

brasero · rank #90,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,485
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brains

Nearest frequency peer: Brains (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « brasero »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brasero » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brasero
PropertyValue
Headwordbrasero
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁa.ze.ʁo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brasero » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.braserotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Brains » (#90,484), « Brachet » (#90,483), « bretteur » (#90,487). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brasero » est au #90,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brasero is uncommon French at frequency #90,485 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁa.ze.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de braséro.".

brasero has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is brasero, spelled B-R-A-S-E-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de braséro.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how brasero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le brasero est une grande bassine de cuivre jaune posée sur un trépied et remplie de braise ou de petits noyaux allumés et recouverts de cendre fine, qui font un feu doux. Le brasero remplace en Espagne les cheminées, qui sont fort rares.
  2. […] ; car l’averse continue, torrentielle, et la nuit est si froide et si noire… D’ailleurs les environs ne sont plus qu’un vaste bourbier, et, grâce au thé et au brasero, je me sens si bien à l’aise dans la tente du chîkh que je consens volontiers à y rester.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brasero"?
"brasero" is spelled B-R-A-S-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁa.ze.ʁo\.
What does "brasero" mean?
As a noun, "brasero" means: Variante de braséro.
How do you pronounce "brasero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brasero" is \bʁa.ze.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brasero", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list