broquette

\bʁɔ.kɛt\

/\bʁɔ.kɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“broquette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de petit clou de fer à tête, utilisé en tapisserie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-broquette · broquette · French

broquette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for broquette
PropertyValue
Headwordbroquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔ.kɛt\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « broquette » en français

broquetten'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

broquette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔ.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

broquette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is broquette, spelled B-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de petit clou de fer à tête, utilisé en tapisserie.
  2. 2
    Sorte de petit clou de fer à tête, utilisé en tapisserie.
  3. 3
    Certaine quantité de ces petits clous.
  4. 4
    Pénis de jeune garçon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. BROQUETTE , s . f . (Serrur .) Petits clous à tête ronde servant à fixer les platines des verrous, des targettes. Il y en a plusieurs sortes, la broquette à l'anglaise, la broquette emboutie , la broquette de trois quarts de livre, …. La broquette est avant tout un clou de tenture mais qui est employé par des corps d'état différents, ce qui fait qu'elle à…
  2. Broquette : On nomme ainsi tot les clous dont le millier pèse depuis huit onces, jusqu'à deux livres, ….

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "broquette"?
"broquette" is spelled B-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔ.kɛt\.
What does "broquette" mean?
As a noun, "broquette" means: Sorte de petit clou de fer à tête, utilisé en tapisserie.
How do you pronounce "broquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "broquette" is \bʁɔ.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "broquette" come from?
"broquette" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list