brochette
\bʁɔ.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“brochette” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,649
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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...
Corpus desk
Index FR-brochette · brochette · French
brochette · rank #26,649 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,649
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brassage
Nearest frequency peer: brassage (-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 « brochette »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bombarde
bombarde
73,355 corpus weight
- boots
boots
73,354 corpus weight
- brassage
brassage
73,353 corpus weight
- brochette
brochette
73,352 corpus weight
- broderie
broderie
73,351 corpus weight
- Byzance
Byzance
73,350 corpus weight
What this shows « brochette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brochette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɔ.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brochette »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around brochette (IPA \bʁɔ.ʃɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,649 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for brochette, with forms such as "bbrochette", "borchette", and "brcohette". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "brouette", "brochettes", "brochet", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brochette, spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite 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.
- 2Petites pièces de gibier, des rognons de veau, des morceaux de foie, des petits poissons, etc., ainsi rôtis ou grillés.
- 3Petite broche qui sert à porter ensemble plusieurs croix ou médailles.
- 4ou Ensemble de personnes ou de choses malfaisantes, inopportunes, fâcheuses, etc.
- 5Petite trigle de fer qui attachait la frisquette au châssis du tympan.
- 6Échelle campanaire.
- 7Baguette servant de mesure.
- 8Cheville destinée à tendres les peaux lors de la fabrication du parchemin.
- 9Cheville destinée à tendres les peaux lors de la fabrication du parchemin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brochette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon oncle avait une longue canne, terminée par une brochette de fer, au moyen de laquelle il enfilait les limaces et les escargots, mangeurs de salades.
Puis il envoya chercher une brochette de mouton, délicatement entourée de fines herbes, des confitures de rose et de gâteaux au miel.
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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brochette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).