broder

\bʁɔ.de\

/\bʁɔ.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“broder” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,815
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garnir au moyen d’une aiguille de dessins en relief d’or, d’argent, de soie, de laine ou plus souvent de coton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-broder · broder · French

broder · rank #43,815 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,815
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bra

Nearest frequency peer: bra (-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 « broder »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « broder » 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).

broder vs brome
67% similar
broder vs Brody
50% similar
broder vs broyé
50% similar

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

Key facts for broder
PropertyValue
Headwordbroder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁɔ.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,815
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « broder »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).broderse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bra » (#43,814), « browser » (#43,816), « bousculade » (#43,813). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « broder » est au #43,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around broder (IPA \bʁɔ.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,815 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for broder, with forms such as "bbroder", "brdoer", and "brodder". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brome", "Brody", "broyé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is broder, spelled B-R-O-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garnir au moyen d’une aiguille de dessins en relief d’or, d’argent, de soie, de laine ou plus souvent de coton.
  2. 2
    Faire de la broderie.
  3. 3
    Tracer ou faire apparaître dans le temps des motifs qui rappellent ceux de la broderie, mais sur des supports et avec des techniques ou selon des processus qui s’en éloignent plus ou moins, parfois radicalement.
  4. 4
    Ajouter à un récit des détails, des circonstances souvent fausses, mais qui sont ou que l’on croit propres à le rendre plus piquant, plus intéressant.
  5. 5
    Coudre le bord d’un chapeau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Broder une robe, un voile. broder une fleur, un chiffre.
  2. Une étrangère […] habitait deux chambres basses au faubourg Saint-Antoine : elle s’occupait à broder, et vivait de son travail.

This word in other languages

embroider(English)bordar(Español)sticken(Deutsch)bordar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbroder
  • brdoer
  • brodder
  • broderr
  • brodre
  • broedr
  • brroder
  • rboder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broder - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbroder1brdoer2brodder1broderr1brodre2broedr2brroder1rboder2
Edit distance from "broder"

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 "broder"?
"broder" is spelled B-R-O-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.de\.
What does "broder" mean?
As a verb, "broder" means: Garnir au moyen d’une aiguille de dessins en relief d’or, d’argent, de soie, de laine ou plus souvent de coton.
What words are commonly confused with "broder"?
"broder" is commonly confused with "brome", "Brody", "broyé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "broder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "broder" is \bʁɔ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "broder" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bounty#43,812booker#43,811camino#43,822bianco#43,806

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Canaan8 variantscanari8 variantsBarrois8 variantsassidus8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list