brouiller les pistes
\bʁu.je le pist\
The verdict
“brouiller les pistes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Embrouiller, confusionner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brouiller les pistes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁu.je le pist\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brouiller les pistes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brouiller les pistes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁu.je le pist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Embrouiller, confusionner.".
Zero misspellings are on record for brouiller les pistes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brouiller les pistes, spelled B-R-O-U-I-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -P-I-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Embrouiller, confusionner.
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.
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Using “brouiller les pistes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-O-U-I-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -P-I-S-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁu.je le pist\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.