bronchique

\bʁɔ̃.ʃik\

/\bʁɔ̃.ʃik\/ adj

The verdict

“bronchique” is uncommon French (frequency #69,640 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,640
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux bronches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bronchique · bronchique · French

bronchique · rank #69,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,640
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH briefe

Nearest frequency peer: briefe (-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 « bronchique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bronchique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bronchique
PropertyValue
Headwordbronchique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁɔ̃.ʃik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bronchique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bronchiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « briefe » (#69,639), « bretzels » (#69,638), « buchet » (#69,642). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bronchique » est au #69,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bronchique is uncommon French at frequency #69,640 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʁɔ̃.ʃik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux bronches.".

bronchique has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bronchique, spelled B-R-O-N-C-H-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux bronches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bronchique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce fait permet de prévoir l'utilité du spirophore pour combattre l'asphyxie due à l'abondance de mucosités bronchiques.
  2. Seize jours après l'injection, les ganglions prépectoraux sont encore les seuls où le carmin soit visible à l'œil nu, mais on le retrouve, au microscope, dans les ganglions œsophagiens et bronchiques.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bronchique"?
"bronchique" is spelled B-R-O-N-C-H-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ̃.ʃik\.
What does "bronchique" mean?
As an adjective, "bronchique" means: Relatif aux bronches.
How do you pronounce "bronchique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bronchique" is \bʁɔ̃.ʃik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bronchique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bronchique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list