brochure

\bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\

/\bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“brochure” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,869
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornementation d’un tissu d’étoffe brochée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brochure · brochure · French

brochure · rank #14,869 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,869
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boyer

Nearest frequency peer: boyer (-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 « brochure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brochure » 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).

brochure vs brochures
89% similar
brochure vs broche
75% similar

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

Key facts for brochure
PropertyValue
Headwordbrochure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,869
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brochure »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boyer » (#14,868), « brume » (#14,870), « blanchiment » (#14,867). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brochure » est au #14,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around brochure (IPA \bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,869 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for brochure, with forms such as "bbrochure", "borchure", and "brcohure". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "brochures", "broche", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is brochure, spelled B-R-O-C-H-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ornementation d’un tissu d’étoffe brochée.
  2. 2
    Action de brocher un livre ou des livres ; résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Ouvrage imprimé qui a peu d’étendue et qui n’est que broché.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette femme est occupée à la brochure.
  2. Des livres en feuilles et en brochure.

Synonyms

brochage

This word in other languages

brochure(English)folleto(Español)Broschüre(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrochure
  • borchure
  • brcohure
  • brocchure
  • brochhure
  • brochrue
  • brochuer
  • brochurre
  • brocuhre
  • brohcure
  • brrochure
  • rbochure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brochure - 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.

bbrochure1borchure2brcohure2brocchure1brochhure1brochrue2brochuer2brochurre1
Edit distance from "brochure"

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 "brochure"?
"brochure" is spelled B-R-O-C-H-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\.
What does "brochure" mean?
As a noun, "brochure" means: Ornementation d’un tissu d’étoffe brochée.
What words are commonly confused with "brochure"?
"brochure" is commonly confused with "brochures", "broche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brochure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brochure" is \bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brochure" come from?
"brochure" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list