brosse à dents
\bʁɔ.s‿a dɑ̃\
The verdict
“brosse à dents” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet muni de poils ayant pour but de nettoyer les dents, utilisé avec du dentifrice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brosse-a-dents · brosse à dents · French
brosse à dents · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brosse à dents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɔ.s‿a dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
brosse à dents is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔ.s‿a dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for brosse à dents in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brosse à dents, spelled B-R-O-S-S-E- -À- -D-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Objet muni de poils ayant pour but de nettoyer les dents, utilisé avec du dentifrice.
- 2Aspect d’une moustache.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brosse à dents appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle revient du cabinet de toilette, […], une brosse à dents à la main, la bouche toute mouillée et vermeille, les cheveux épars.
Le nettoyage de la bouche doit être fait avec le plus grand soin après chaque repas ; la brosse à dents doit passer partout, enlever soigneusement toutes les parties d’aliments qui ont pu se placer entre les dents.
This word in other languages
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.