brisure

\bʁi.zyʁ\

/\bʁi.zyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“brisure” is uncommon French (frequency #62,825 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,825
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie brisée, cassée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brisure · brisure · French

brisure · rank #62,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,825
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brilliant

Nearest frequency peer: brilliant (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « brisure »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « brisure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brisure
PropertyValue
Headwordbrisure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.zyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,825
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brisure » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brisuretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « brilliant » (#62,824), « boyards » (#62,823), « bruxelloises » (#62,827). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brisure » est au #62,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brisure is uncommon French at frequency #62,825 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.zyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Partie brisée, cassée.
  2. 2
    Rupture de quelque chose de matériel.
  3. 3
    Rupture de quelque chose d’abstrait.
  4. 4
    Partie d’un ouvrage de menuiserie ou de serrurerie qui se replie les unes sur les autres au moyen de charnières.
  5. 5
    Ligne pour couvrir le flanc d’une fortification.
  6. 6
    Toute pièce d’armoiries qui modifie l’écu pour distinguer les cadets, les bâtards.
  7. 7
    Petite bande d’étoffe qui borde une encolure, un poignet.
  8. 8
    Charnière de l’apprêt d’une boucle d'oreille.
  9. 9
    Blessure, physique ou émotionnelle ; traumatisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a des brisures dans ce parquet, dans cette boiserie.
  2. Enfin, elle n’avait qu’une corne, celle de gauche. L’autre était cassée tout près du crâne, si bien que dans la laine, seule se devinait la ligne de brisure.

Synonyms

fragmentcassurefragmentationhiatusrupturesolution de continuité

This word in other languages

fragment(English)fragmento(Español)

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 "brisure"?
"brisure" is spelled B-R-I-S-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.zyʁ\.
What does "brisure" mean?
As a noun, "brisure" means: Partie brisée, cassée.
How do you pronounce "brisure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brisure" is \bʁi.zyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brisure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boyards#62,823bluffer#62,816camaïeu#62,834bannies#62,807

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list