briser le silence
\bʁi.ze lə si.lɑ̃s\
The verdict
“briser le silence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cesser de se taire ; dévoiler une chose dont personne n’a jamais parlé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-briser-le-silence · briser le silence · French
briser le silence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | briser le silence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁi.ze lə si.lɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
briser le silence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁi.ze lə si.lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cesser de se taire ; dévoiler une chose dont personne n’a jamais parlé.".
briser le silence doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is briser le silence, spelled B-R-I-S-E-R- -L-E- -S-I-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Cesser de se taire ; dévoiler une chose dont personne n’a jamais parlé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how briser le silence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une fois le screw éloigné, Gilbert a brisé le silence et s’est tourné vers moi de nouveau.
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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.