brassage

\bʁa.saʒ\

/\bʁa.saʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“brassage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,648
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de brasser la bière (ou une autre boisson).

Corpus desk

Index FR-brassage · brassage · French

brassage · rank #26,648 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,648
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boots

Nearest frequency peer: boots (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « brassage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « brassage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

brassage vs brasse
75% similar
brassage vs brassée
75% similar
brassage vs brassard
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for brassage
PropertyValue
Headwordbrassage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁa.saʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,648
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brassage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brassagese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boots » (#26,647), « brochette » (#26,649), « bombarde » (#26,646). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brassage » est au #26,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around brassage (IPA \bʁa.saʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,648 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brassage, with forms such as "barssage", "bbrassage", and "brasage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "brasse", "brassée", "brassard", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brassage, spelled B-R-A-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de brasser la bière (ou une autre boisson).
  2. 2
    Action de brasser, changement de l’orientation des bras d’une vergue pour changer la direction de la voile qu’elle porte.
  3. 3
    Action de connecter des équipements en réseau entre eux.
  4. 4
    Action de remuer dans un creuset le métal en fusion pour la fonte des monnaies.
  5. 5
    Ancienne redevance pour frais de fabrication.
  6. 6
    Mélange.
  7. 7
    Secouement.
  8. 8
    Action de mélanger des cartes à jouer ou de déplacer rapidement de petits objets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Titrant généralement de 14 à 18 % du volume, cet alcool élaboré à partir d’un brassage d’eau et de riz avec des levures et des moisissures — le koji-kin qui transforme l’amidon du riz en sucre —, le saké se distingue par sa finesse, sa diversité et sa capacité à accompagner les meilleurs repas.
  2. Ce brassage des cultures a laissé de nombreux vestiges : mosquées, églises, fortifications, bâtiments pour loger le sultan et sa cour ….

This word in other languages

brewing(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barssage
  • bbrassage
  • brasage
  • brasasge
  • brassaeg
  • brassagge
  • brassgae
  • brrassage
  • brsasage
  • rbassage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brassage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

barssage2bbrassage1brasage1brasasge2brassaeg2brassagge1brassgae2brrassage1
Edit distance from "brassage"

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 "brassage"?
"brassage" is spelled B-R-A-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁa.saʒ\.
What does "brassage" mean?
As a noun, "brassage" means: Action de brasser la bière (ou une autre boisson).
What words are commonly confused with "brassage"?
"brassage" is commonly confused with "brasse", "brassée", "brassard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brassage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brassage" is \bʁa.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brassage" come from?
"brassage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bombarde#26,646broderie#26,650caissier#26,653banalité#26,633

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Benoist10 variantscoulées10 variantsamortir10 variantsamorcer10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list