broche

/\bʁɔʃ\/ noun

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Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,770

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

broche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tige pointue que l’on passe au travers d’une volaille ou d’une pièce de viande que l’on souhaite faire rôtir, pour la faire tourner au-dessus de la flamme. Pronounced \bʁɔʃ\. Often confused with Bruce and Brock.

Key facts for broche
PropertyValue
Headwordbroche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,770
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of broche in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for broche is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁɔʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,770 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for broche, with forms such as "bbroche", "borche", and "brcohe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bruce", "Brock", "brome", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is broche, spelled B-R-O-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tige pointue que l’on passe au travers d’une volaille ou d’une pièce de viande que l’on souhaite faire rôtir, pour la faire tourner au-dessus de la flamme.
  2. 2
    Tige de fer recevant la bobine dans les filatures.
  3. 3
    Tige métallique utilisée en chirurgie pour consolider ou fixer un os fracturé, une articulation.
  4. 4
    Long piton muni d’un anneau utilisé dans la neige et la glace, ou en escalade artificielle.
  5. 5
    Outil utilisé par les maçons pour casser les matériaux. Outil en forme de burin dont la tige est pointue.
  6. 6
    Tige de métal fixée latéralement sur les anciennes munitions et percutant l’amorce.
  7. 7
    Cheville ou tige servant à enfiler des objets.
  8. 8
    Tige constituant la partie mâle d’une connexion électrique.
  9. 9
    Tige à l’intérieur du pêne d’une serrure, lorsque la clef est creuse.
  10. 10
    Cheville pour boucher le trou fait au foret dans un tonneau. On la nomme aussi esquive
  11. 11
    Partie tournante (portant un mandrin, une pointe de tour, une fraise, etc.) d’une machine-outil, servant à usiner un trou dans une pièce.
  12. 12
    Aiguille à tricoter.
  13. 13
    Éperon.
  14. 14
    Bijou muni d’une longue épingle et d’un fermoir, servant à attacher un châle, un col, ou à garnir un corsage.
  15. 15
    Fil de fer, parfois d'autres métaux.
  16. 16
    Fil de fer, parfois d'autres métaux.
  17. 17
    Au pluriel : défenses du sanglier.
  18. 18
    Au pluriel : premiers bois du chevreuil.
  19. 19
    Dents.
  20. 20
    Bracket vestibulaire nommé aussi bague

Synonyms

rôtibrochettehâtelettournebrochefuseaupiton à glaceburinattachefibule

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbroche,borche,brcohe,brocche,broceh,brochhe,brohce,brroche,rboche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for broche

Misspelling Variants of "broche"

bbroche7borche6brcohe6brocche7broceh6brochhe7brohce6brroche7
Misspelling Variants of "broche"

Frequency rank: #19,770 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "broche"?
"broche" is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔʃ\.
What does "broche" mean?
As a noun, "broche" means: Tige pointue que l’on passe au travers d’une volaille ou d’une pièce de viande que l’on souhaite faire rôtir, pour la faire tourner au-dessus de la flamme.
What words are commonly confused with "broche"?
"broche" is commonly confused with "Bruce", "Brock", "brome". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "broche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "broche" is \bʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "broche" come from?
"broche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.