brise-glace
\bʁiz.ɡlas\
The verdict
“brise-glace” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Construction placée en amont des piles d’un pont pour briser les glaces et les séparer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brise-glace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁiz.ɡlas\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brise-glace” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brise-glace is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁiz.ɡlas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for brise-glace in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brise-glace, spelled B-R-I-S-E---G-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Construction placée en amont des piles d’un pont pour briser les glaces et les séparer.
- 2Bateau muni d’un dispositif destiné à briser la glace dans les rivières, dans les fleuves ou sur la banquise polaire en haute mer.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “brise-glace”
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- The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-S-E---G-L-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁiz.ɡlas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.