Broglie

/\bʁo.ɡli\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,443

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Broglie is aFrenchname. It means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure. Pronounced \bʁo.ɡli\. Often confused with broie and brownie.

Key facts for Broglie
PropertyValue
HeadwordBroglie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\bʁo.ɡli\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,443
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Broglie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Broglie is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁo.ɡli\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,443 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Broglie, with forms such as "bbroglie", "borglie", and "brgolie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "broie", "brownie", "boogie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Broglie, spelled B-R-O-G-L-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbroglie,borglie,brgolie,brogglie,brogile,broglei,brogllie,brolgie,brroglie,rboglie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Broglie

Misspelling Variants of "Broglie"

bbroglie8borglie7brgolie7brogglie8brogile7broglei7brogllie8brolgie7
Misspelling Variants of "Broglie"

Frequency rank: #34,443 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Broglie"?
"Broglie" is spelled B-R-O-G-L-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁo.ɡli\.
What does "Broglie" mean?
As a name, "Broglie" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
What words are commonly confused with "Broglie"?
"Broglie" is commonly confused with "broie", "brownie", "boogie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Broglie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Broglie" is \bʁo.ɡli\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Broglie" come from?
"Broglie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.