breuil
\bʁœj\
The verdict
“breuil” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,150 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,150
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bois, taillis ou buisson enfermé de haies dans lequel les bêtes se retirent.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breuil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁœj\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breuil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for breuil is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁœj\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,150 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for breuil, with forms such as "bbreuil", "beruil", and "breiul". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bruit", "Brexit", "Brel", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is breuil, spelled B-R-E-U-I-L.
Definition
- 1Bois, taillis ou buisson enfermé de haies dans lequel les bêtes se retirent.
- 2Pré de très bonne qualité à proximité du village que les paysans devaient faucher gratuitement pour le compte du seigneur local
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbreuil,beruil,breiul,breuill,breuli,brreuil,brueil,rbeuil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breuil - 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.
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.
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Using “breuil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-E-U-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁœj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bruit” - see the side-by-side comparison. breuil vs bruit
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.