brodequin
\bʁɔd.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“brodequin” 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) - Chaussure de peau ou d’étoffe qui couvre le pied et le bas de la jambe et se lace sur le dessus du pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brodequin · brodequin · French
brodequin · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brodequin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɔd.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brodequin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔd.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
brodequin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is brodequin, spelled B-R-O-D-E-Q-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Chaussure de peau ou d’étoffe qui couvre le pied et le bas de la jambe et se lace sur le dessus du pied.
- 2Chaussure que portaient les acteurs de comédie.
- 3Chaussure que portent les coureurs cyclistes.
- 4Torture qui se donnait avec des planches et des coins dont on serrait fortement les jambes de l’accusé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brodequin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Isaac, […], se jeta aux pieds du généreux outlaw, et, frottant sa barbe contre ses brodequins, il cherchait à baiser le pan de sa casaque verte.
Les mouvements de la marche relevaient par instants la robe de la jeune fille, et permettaient de voir, au-dessus des brodequins, la rondeur d’une jambe finement moulée par un bas de soie à jours.
This word in other languages
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.