brochet

\bʁɔ.ʃɛ\

/\bʁɔ.ʃɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“brochet” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,152
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson d’eau douce, au corps allongé et dont la bouche est garnie de dents nombreuses, fortes et pointues (genre Esox).

Corpus desk

Index FR-brochet · brochet · French

brochet · rank #40,152 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,152
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bricole

Nearest frequency peer: bricole (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « brochet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « brochet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

brochet vs brother
71% similar
brochet vs bronche
71% similar
brochet vs broncher
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for brochet
PropertyValue
Headwordbrochet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ.ʃɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,152
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brochet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brochetse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bricole » (#40,151), « brocolis » (#40,153), « breuil » (#40,150). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brochet » est au #40,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around brochet (IPA \bʁɔ.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,152 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for brochet, with forms such as "bbrochet", "borchet", and "brcohet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "brother", "bronche", "broncher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 brochet, spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson d’eau douce, au corps allongé et dont la bouche est garnie de dents nombreuses, fortes et pointues (genre Esox).
  2. 2
    Grand brochet (Esox lucius).
  3. 3
    Ce poisson apprêté pour être mangé.
  4. 4
    Homme cupide et sans scrupules ; requin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’onde était transparente ainsi qu’aux plus beaux jours ; Ma commère la Carpe y faisait mille tours Avec le Brochet son compère.
  2. On pêche fréquemment dans le Rhône le barbeau et le goujon, quelquefois la truite ordinaire, la truite saumonée et même le saumon, le plus souvent la carpe, le brochet et les deux espèces d'anguilles de nos marais , que distinguent fort bien nos pêcheurs et mieux encore nos gourmets. A certaines époques, on y prend des esturgeons et des aloses en grande q…

Synonyms

gros bec

This word in other languages

pike(English)lucio(Español)Hecht(Deutsch)lúcio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrochet
  • borchet
  • brcohet
  • brocchet
  • broceht
  • brochett
  • brochhet
  • brochte
  • brohcet
  • brrochet
  • rbochet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brochet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbrochet1borchet2brcohet2brocchet1broceht2brochett1brochhet1brochte2
Edit distance from "brochet"

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 "brochet"?
"brochet" is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.ʃɛ\.
What does "brochet" mean?
As a noun, "brochet" means: Poisson d’eau douce, au corps allongé et dont la bouche est garnie de dents nombreuses, fortes et pointues (genre Esox).
What words are commonly confused with "brochet"?
"brochet" is commonly confused with "brother", "bronche", "broncher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brochet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brochet" is \bʁɔ.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brochet" come from?
"brochet" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bricole#40,151broyage#40,155cabanon#40,159Chagall#40,169

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

camomille11 variantscharnel11 variantsAsturies11 variantscherokee11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list