bromance
\bʁɔ.mɑ̃s\
The verdict
“bromance” is uncommon French (frequency #97,736 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,736
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relation proche entre deux hommes, sans caractère sexuel ; comportement et attitude de bienveillance incluant des gestes d’affection amicale entre deux hommes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bromance · bromance · French
bromance · rank #97,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,736
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH brieux
Nearest frequency peer: brieux (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bromance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bressan
bressan
2,269 corpus weight
- brieux
brieux
2,266 corpus weight
- bromance
bromance
2,265 corpus weight
- bronchiques
bronchiques
2,264 corpus weight
- bubu
bubu
2,262 corpus weight
- Bueil
Bueil
2,261 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bromance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bromance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɔ.mɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bromance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bromance is uncommon French at frequency #97,736 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔ.mɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relation proche entre deux hommes, sans caractère sexuel ; comportement et attitude de bienveillance incluant des gestes d’affection amicale entre deux hommes.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bromance in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bromance, spelled B-R-O-M-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Relation proche entre deux hommes, sans caractère sexuel ; comportement et attitude de bienveillance incluant des gestes d’affection amicale entre deux hommes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bromance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je sais ce que c’est qu’une bromance, Jonah. Là, c’est pas ça. Il s’est passé beaucoup plus entre nous. On s'est roulé une pelle pendant plus d’une demi-heure, bordel.
[Titre] « Bromance » embarrassante entre Donald Trump et Kanye West à la Maison Blanche
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); 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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