broie
\bʁwa\
The verdict
“broie” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,313
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument propre à briser la tige du chanvre et du lin pour détacher la filasse de la chènevotte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-broie · broie · French
broie · rank #43,313 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,313
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brocoli
Nearest frequency peer: brocoli (-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 « broie »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bridés
bridés
56,692 corpus weight
- broca
broca
56,690 corpus weight
- brocoli
brocoli
56,689 corpus weight
- broie
broie
56,688 corpus weight
- bruyantes
bruyantes
56,687 corpus weight
- bréviaire
bréviaire
56,686 corpus weight
What this shows « broie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁwa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « broie »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around broie (IPA \bʁwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,313 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for broie, with forms such as "bbroie", "brioe", and "broei". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bros", "bron", "brou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is broie, spelled B-R-O-I-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument propre à briser la tige du chanvre et du lin pour détacher la filasse de la chènevotte.
- 2Meuble représentant une sorte de feston dans les armoiries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how broie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On commence par passer les tiges dans un outil très simple, appelé broie, espèce de couteau de bois mobile autour d'un point placé à l'une de ses extrémités et à l'aide duquel on les broye.
D’azur à 3 broies d’or, qui est de la commune de Broyes de Champagne (armes parlantes) → voir illustration « armoiries avec 3 broies »
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroie
- brioe
- broei
- brroie
- rboie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broie - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).