brossée
\bʁɔ.se\
The verdict
“brossée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de brosser ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brossee · brossée · French
brossée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | brossée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɔ.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brossée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brossée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɔ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brossée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brossée, spelled B-R-O-S-S-É-E.
Definition
- 1Action de brosser ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Volée de coups.
- 3Action d’infliger une défaite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brossée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est certain que, pour parler d’une correction, une brossée descend directement de la brosse, surtout si cette dernière est tenue par une épouse désireuse de faire revenir son mari, pas spécialement vaudois du reste, dans le droit chemin.
– à Solférino, la grande brossée aux Autrichiens, il fallait les voir, devant nos baïonnettes, galoper, se culbuter, pour courir plus vite, comme s’ils avaient eu le feu au derrière !
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.