broderie

\bʁɔd.ʁi\

/\bʁɔd.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“broderie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,650
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-broderie · broderie · French

broderie · rank #26,650 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,650
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brochette

Nearest frequency peer: brochette (-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 « broderie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « broderie » 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).

broderie vs broderies
89% similar
broderie vs brodée
63% similar
broderie vs broder
75% similar

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

Key facts for broderie
PropertyValue
Headwordbroderie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔd.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,650
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « broderie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.broderiese 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 « brochette » (#26,649), « Byzance » (#26,651), « brassage » (#26,648). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « broderie » est au #26,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around broderie (IPA \bʁɔd.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,650 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for broderie, with forms such as "bbroderie", "borderie", and "brdoerie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "broderies", "brodée", "broder", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is broderie, spelled B-R-O-D-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de broder.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage que l’on fait en brodant.
  3. 3
    Détail ou circonstance, que l’on ajoute à un récit pour l’embellir.
  4. 4
    Dissonance passagère, consistant en une ou plusieurs notes étrangères suivant, sur un temps faible, une note réelle avant de revenir à cette même note sur un temps fort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et elle glissa dans son corsage, tout raide de broderies et de diamants, cette lettre qui sortait du pourpoint du jeune homme, […].
  2. La soie artificielle. […]. Pour certains articles, notamment la passementerie, la rubannerie, les broderies brillantes, on la préfère à la soie naturelle; […].

This word in other languages

embroidery(English)bordado(Español)Stickerei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbroderie
  • borderie
  • brdoerie
  • brodderie
  • brodeire
  • broderei
  • broderrie
  • brodreie
  • broedrie
  • brroderie
  • rboderie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbroderie1borderie2brdoerie2brodderie1brodeire2broderei2broderrie1brodreie2
Edit distance from "broderie"

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

Same letter count

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

brassage#26,648caissier#26,653bombarde#26,646banalité#26,633

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Byzance11 variantscarrelage11 variantschevron11 variantschicken11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list