brisure
\bʁi.zyʁ\
The verdict
“brisure” is an uncommon French word, ranked #62,825 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,825
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie brisée, cassée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brisure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁi.zyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brisure” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for brisure is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁi.zyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #62,825 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for brisure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brisure, spelled B-R-I-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Partie brisée, cassée.
- 2Rupture de quelque chose de matériel.
- 3Rupture de quelque chose d’abstrait.
- 4Partie d’un ouvrage de menuiserie ou de serrurerie qui se replie les unes sur les autres au moyen de charnières.
- 5Ligne pour couvrir le flanc d’une fortification.
- 6Toute pièce d’armoiries qui modifie l’écu pour distinguer les cadets, les bâtards.
- 7Petite bande d’étoffe qui borde une encolure, un poignet.
- 8Charnière de l’apprêt d’une boucle d'oreille.
- 9Blessure, physique ou émotionnelle ; traumatisme.
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); 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 “brisure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-S-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁi.zyʁ\ (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.