brosses

\bʁɔs\

/\bʁɔs\/ noun

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The verdict

“brosses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,990
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de brosse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brosses · brosses · French

brosses · rank #26,990 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,990
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brain

Nearest frequency peer: brain (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « brosses »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « brosses » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

brosses vs brousse
71% similar
brosses vs browser
71% similar
brosses vs Brussel
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for brosses
PropertyValue
Headwordbrosses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɔs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,990
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brosses »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).brossesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brain » (#26,989), « bunny » (#26,991), « bovine » (#26,988). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brosses » est au #26,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around brosses (IPA \bʁɔs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,990 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de brosse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for brosses, with forms such as "bbrosses", "borsses", and "brosess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brousse", "browser", "Brussel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is brosses, spelled B-R-O-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de brosse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’ai, comme elle, frotté les meubles à l’eau japonaise, collectionné toutes sortes de cires, rangé de façon presque maniaque les différentes brosses ou plumeaux par tailles ou selon l'usage auquel ils étaient réservés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrosses
  • borsses
  • brosess
  • brossess
  • brossse
  • brrosses
  • brsoses
  • rbosses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brosses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbrosses1borsses2brosess2brossess1brossse2brrosses1brsoses2rbosses2
Edit distance from "brosses"

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 "brosses"?
"brosses" is spelled B-R-O-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɔs\.
What does "brosses" mean?
As a noun, "brosses" means: Pluriel de brosse.
What words are commonly confused with "brosses"?
"brosses" is commonly confused with "brousse", "browser", "Brussel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brosses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brosses" is \bʁɔs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brosses" come from?
"brosses" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bouffes#26,987carrure#26,995casimir#26,996charmer#27,003

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list