brocheuse

\bʁɔ.ʃøz\

/\bʁɔ.ʃøz\/ noun

The verdict

“brocheuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui broche des livres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brocheuse · brocheuse · French

brocheuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for brocheuse
PropertyValue
Headwordbrocheuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ.ʃøz\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brocheuse » en français

brocheusereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brocheuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔ.ʃøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brocheuse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is brocheuse, spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui broche des livres.
  2. 2
    Celle qui tricote avec des broches.
  3. 3
    Machine réalisant le brochage de livres ou de pièces à usiner.
  4. 4
    Agrafeuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Où étaient les six autres ? Elle ne le savait peut-être pas elle-même. Tous les matins elle allait à une imprimerie rue du Sabot, no 3, où elle était plieuse et brocheuse. Il fallait être là à six heures du matin, bien avant le jour l’hiver. Dans la maison de l’imprimerie il y avait une école, elle menait à cette école son petit garçon qui avait sept ans.
  2. Les unes, en très-grand nombre, exercent des industries diverses telles que celles de couturière, fleuriste, graveuse, brocheuse, cartonnière, bijoutière, etc. D’autres, presque aussi nombreuses, sont employées dans les magasins de vente ou travaillent dans les établissements de la grande industrie ; d’autres sont institutrices dans les écoles publiques ;…

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brocheuse"?
"brocheuse" is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.ʃøz\.
What does "brocheuse" mean?
As a noun, "brocheuse" means: Celle qui broche des livres.
How do you pronounce "brocheuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brocheuse" is \bʁɔ.ʃøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brocheuse" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list