Brocéliande
\bʁo.se.ljiɑ̃d\
The verdict
“Brocéliande” is uncommon French (frequency #61,363 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,363
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forêt mythique assimilée à la forêt de Paimpont en Bretagne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-broceliande · Brocéliande · French
Brocéliande · rank #61,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,363
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brisait
Nearest frequency peer: brisait (-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 « Brocéliande »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Braithwaite
Braithwaite
38,642 corpus weight
- Brantôme
Brantôme
38,641 corpus weight
- brink
brink
38,640 corpus weight
- brisait
brisait
38,639 corpus weight
- Brocéliande
Brocéliande
38,638 corpus weight
- cachons
cachons
38,636 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Brocéliande » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brocéliande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bʁo.se.ljiɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Brocéliande » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Brocéliande is uncommon French at frequency #61,363 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bʁo.se.ljiɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Brocéliande, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Brocéliande, spelled B-R-O-C-É-L-I-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Forêt mythique assimilée à la forêt de Paimpont en Bretagne.
- 2Lieu lointain et mystérieux qui relève de l'imaginaire et du fantastique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brocéliande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menou, de Beauvais, ce village au milieu de Brocéliande, était herquellier : il allait de bourg en bourg, de ville en hameau, avec sa charrette tirée par un cheval maigre et noir, pour vendre des balais de bruyère ou de genêt et des paniers de bourdaine qu’il fabriquait lui-même avec des branches cueillies dans la forêt.
Dans cette Brocéliande de mensonges, les biens dont il est censé avoir disposé ont d’ailleurs changé de forme ; il s’agit maintenant d’une collection de timbres rarissimes, dont la vente lui aurait rapporté une petite fortune.
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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