brochures

\bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\

/\bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“brochures” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,554
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de brochure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brochures · brochures · French

brochures · rank #21,554 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,554
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bristol

Nearest frequency peer: bristol (-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 « brochures »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brochures » 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).

brochures vs broches
78% similar
brochures vs brochure
89% similar

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

Key facts for brochures
PropertyValue
Headwordbrochures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,554
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brochures »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brochuresse 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 « bristol » (#21,553), « Brooke » (#21,555), « brioche » (#21,552). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brochures » est au #21,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around brochures (IPA \bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,554 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de brochure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for brochures, with forms such as "bbrochures", "borchures", and "brcohures". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "broches", "brochure", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is brochures, spelled B-R-O-C-H-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de brochure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il s'agissait de conférences et de parlottes défaitistes, au cours desquelles il était donné lecture de fragments de séances parlementaires en comité secret, considérés comme aptes à démoraliser les auditeurs, et aussi de tracts et de brochures progermaniques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrochures
  • borchures
  • brcohures
  • brocchures
  • brochhures
  • brochrues
  • brochuers
  • brochuress
  • brochurres
  • brochurse
  • brocuhres
  • brohcures
  • brrochures
  • rbochures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brochures - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbrochures1borchures2brcohures2brocchures1brochhures1brochrues2brochuers2brochuress1
Edit distance from "brochures"

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 "brochures"?
"brochures" is spelled B-R-O-C-H-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\.
What does "brochures" mean?
As a noun, "brochures" means: Pluriel de brochure.
What words are commonly confused with "brochures"?
"brochures" is commonly confused with "broches", "brochure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brochures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brochures" is \bʁɔ.ʃyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brochures" come from?
"brochures" 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 "brochures", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list