brome

/\bʁom\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,864

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brome is aFrenchnoun. It means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 35 et de symbole Br qui fait partie des halogènes. Pronounced \bʁom\. Often confused with bros and bron.

Key facts for brome
PropertyValue
Headwordbrome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁom\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,864
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for brome is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁom\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,864 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for brome, with forms such as "bbrome", "borme", and "brmoe". 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 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 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 brome, spelled B-R-O-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 35 et de symbole Br qui fait partie des halogènes.
  2. 2
    Dibrome (Br₂) ; liquide de couleur brunâtre à température ambiante. Il est très volatil et ses vapeurs irritantes sont très toxiques.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrome,borme,brmoe,broem,bromme,brrome,rbome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brome

Misspelling Variants of "brome"

bbrome6borme5brmoe5broem5bromme6brrome6rbome5
Misspelling Variants of "brome"

Frequency rank: #31,864 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brome"?
"brome" is spelled B-R-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁom\.
What does "brome" mean?
As a noun, "brome" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 35 et de symbole Br qui fait partie des halogènes.
What words are commonly confused with "brome"?
"brome" is commonly confused with "bros", "bron", "brou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brome" is \bʁom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brome" come from?
"brome" 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.