brome
\bʁom\
The verdict
“brome” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,864
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 35 et de symbole Br qui fait partie des halogènes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brome · brome · French
brome · rank #31,864 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,864
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bronzer
Nearest frequency peer: bronzer (+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 « brome »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bri
bri
68,141 corpus weight
- Brittany
Brittany
68,140 corpus weight
- broches
broches
68,139 corpus weight
- brome
brome
68,137 corpus weight
- bronzer
bronzer
68,136 corpus weight
- bénédicte
bénédicte
68,134 corpus weight
What this shows « brome » 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 | brome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁom\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brome »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around brome (IPA \bʁom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,864 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for brome, with forms such as "bbrome", "borme", and "brmoe". 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is brome, spelled B-R-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 35 et de symbole Br qui fait partie des halogènes.
- 2Dibrome (Br₂) ; liquide de couleur brunâtre à température ambiante. Il est très volatil et ses vapeurs irritantes sont très toxiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On évitera de préférence en culture maraîchère les nématicides contenant du brome, comme le dibromoéthane ou le bromure de méthyle ; en effet : les Allium sont très sensibles aux résidus de brome […].
Les vapeurs du brome et l'eau de brome ont été recommandées comme désinfectant ; l'emploi des vapeurs de brome comme désinfectant a été beaucoup facilité par la préparation « du brome solide » de FRANK, qui contient jusqu'à 75 p. 10 de brome qu'il abandonne lentement à l'air (…).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrome
- borme
- brmoe
- broem
- bromme
- brrome
- rbome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brome - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).