brochette

/\bʁɔ.ʃɛt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,649

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

brochette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite broche de fer, de bois, et quelquefois d’argent, dont on se sert, soit pour assujettir la viande à la broche, soit pour faire rôtir ou griller de petites pièces de gibier, des rognons de mou... Pronounced \bʁɔ.ʃɛt\. Often confused with brouette and brochettes.

Key facts for brochette
PropertyValue
Headwordbrochette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ.ʃɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,649
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for brochette is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁɔ.ʃɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,649 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for brochette, with forms such as "bbrochette", "borchette", and "brcohette". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "brouette", "brochettes", "brochet", 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 brochette, spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite broche de fer, de bois, et quelquefois d’argent, dont on se sert, soit pour assujettir la viande à la broche, soit pour faire rôtir ou griller de petites pièces de gibier, des rognons de mouton et d’autres viandes.
  2. 2
    Petites pièces de gibier, des rognons de veau, des morceaux de foie, des petits poissons, etc., ainsi rôtis ou grillés.
  3. 3
    Petite broche qui sert à porter ensemble plusieurs croix ou médailles.
  4. 4
    ou Ensemble de personnes ou de choses malfaisantes, inopportunes, fâcheuses, etc.
  5. 5
    Petite trigle de fer qui attachait la frisquette au châssis du tympan.
  6. 6
    Échelle campanaire.
  7. 7
    Baguette servant de mesure.
  8. 8
    Cheville destinée à tendres les peaux lors de la fabrication du parchemin.
  9. 9
    Cheville destinée à tendres les peaux lors de la fabrication du parchemin.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrochette,borchette,brcohette,brocchette,brocehtte,brochete,brochetet,brochhette,brochtete,brohcette,brrochette,rbochette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brochette

Misspelling Variants of "brochette"

bbrochette10borchette9brcohette9brocchette10brocehtte9brochete8brochetet9brochhette10
Misspelling Variants of "brochette"

Frequency rank: #26,649 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brochette"?
"brochette" is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.ʃɛt\.
What does "brochette" mean?
As a noun, "brochette" means: Petite broche de fer, de bois, et quelquefois d’argent, dont on se sert, soit pour assujettir la viande à la broche, soit pour faire rôtir ou griller de petites pièces de gibier, des rognons de mou...
What words are commonly confused with "brochette"?
"brochette" is commonly confused with "brouette", "brochettes", "brochet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brochette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brochette" is \bʁɔ.ʃɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brochette" come from?
"brochette" 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.