brasserie

\bʁas.ʁi\

/\bʁas.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“brasserie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,531
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu où on brasse de la bière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brasserie · brasserie · French

brasserie · rank #11,531 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,531
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bouchard

Nearest frequency peer: Bouchard (-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 « brasserie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brasserie » 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).

brasserie vs brasseries
90% similar
brasserie vs brasser
78% similar
brasserie vs brassée
67% similar

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

Key facts for brasserie
PropertyValue
Headwordbrasserie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁas.ʁi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,531
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brasserie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brasseriese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bouchard » (#11,530), « calories » (#11,532), « baignoire » (#11,529). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brasserie » est au #11,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around brasserie (IPA \bʁas.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,531 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for brasserie, with forms such as "barsserie", "bbrasserie", and "braserie". 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, "brasseries", "brasser", "brassée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brasserie, spelled B-R-A-S-S-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où on brasse de la bière.
  2. 2
    Société qui fabrique de la bière et la met en marché.
  3. 3
    Industrie de la fabrication de la bière.
  4. 4
    Établissement populaire où l’on vend des boissons, notamment de la bière, au détail, et des mets sans prétention.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ceci, mon brave homme, est une houblonnière, et la maison que tu vois là-bas une brasserie.
  2. Avant qu’on songe à construire un palais sur ce site, l’intendant Talon a doté la Nouvelle-France d’une brasserie (1668) dont certains vestiges ont été retrouvés par les archéologues.

This word in other languages

brewery(English)cervecería(Español)Brauerei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barsserie
  • bbrasserie
  • braserie
  • brasesrie
  • brasseire
  • brasserei
  • brasserrie
  • brassreie
  • brrasserie
  • brsaserie
  • rbasserie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brasserie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

barsserie2bbrasserie1braserie1brasesrie2brasseire2brasserei2brasserrie1brassreie2
Edit distance from "brasserie"

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 "brasserie"?
"brasserie" is spelled B-R-A-S-S-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁas.ʁi\.
What does "brasserie" mean?
As a noun, "brasserie" means: Lieu où on brasse de la bière.
What words are commonly confused with "brasserie"?
"brasserie" is commonly confused with "brasseries", "brasser", "brassée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brasserie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brasserie" is \bʁas.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brasserie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baignoire#11,529annonçant#11,523communion#11,543composées#11,545

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

calories11 variantschemises11 variantscoupures11 variantséchéant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list