bronche

/\bʁɔ̃ʃ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,376

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bronche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chacun des deux conduits cartilagineux qui naissent de la bifurcation de la trachée-artère et qui se distribuent dans les deux poumons ; c’est par les bronches que l’air s’introduit dans les poumons. Pronounced \bʁɔ̃ʃ\. Often confused with bronze and brunch.

Key facts for bronche
PropertyValue
Headwordbronche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ̃ʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,376
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bronche is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁɔ̃ʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,376 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Chacun des deux conduits cartilagineux qui naissent de la bifurcation de la trachée-artère et qui se distribuent dans les deux poumons ; c’est par les bronches que l’air s’introduit dans les poumons.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for bronche, with forms such as "bbronche", "bornche", and "brnoche". 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, "bronze", "brunch", "broncos", 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 bronche, spelled B-R-O-N-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacun des deux conduits cartilagineux qui naissent de la bifurcation de la trachée-artère et qui se distribuent dans les deux poumons ; c’est par les bronches que l’air s’introduit dans les poumons.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbronche,bornche,brnoche,brocnhe,broncche,bronceh,bronchhe,bronhce,bronnche,brronche,rbonche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bronche

Misspelling Variants of "bronche"

bbronche8bornche7brnoche7brocnhe7broncche8bronceh7bronchhe8bronhce7
Misspelling Variants of "bronche"

Frequency rank: #48,376 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bronche"?
"bronche" is spelled B-R-O-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ̃ʃ\.
What does "bronche" mean?
As a noun, "bronche" means: Chacun des deux conduits cartilagineux qui naissent de la bifurcation de la trachée-artère et qui se distribuent dans les deux poumons ; c’est par les bronches que l’air s’introduit dans les poumons.
What words are commonly confused with "bronche"?
"bronche" is commonly confused with "bronze", "brunch", "broncos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bronche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bronche" is \bʁɔ̃ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bronche" come from?
"bronche" 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.