broussailles
\bʁu.saj\
The verdict
“broussailles” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,179
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de broussaille : épines, ronces et autres arbustes semblables qui croissent dans les forêts, dans les terrains incultes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-broussailles · broussailles · French
broussailles · rank #38,179 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,179
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH broncos
Nearest frequency peer: broncos (-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 « broussailles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- brigand
brigand
61,825 corpus weight
- broc
broc
61,824 corpus weight
- broncos
broncos
61,823 corpus weight
- broussailles
broussailles
61,822 corpus weight
- buanderie
buanderie
61,821 corpus weight
- burgos
burgos
61,820 corpus weight
What this shows « broussailles » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broussailles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁu.saj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #38,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « broussailles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around broussailles (IPA \bʁu.saj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,179 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for broussailles, with forms such as "bbroussailles", "borussailles", and "brosusailles". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is broussailles, spelled B-R-O-U-S-S-A-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de broussaille : épines, ronces et autres arbustes semblables qui croissent dans les forêts, dans les terrains incultes.
- 2Chevelure, pilosité touffue et en désordre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how broussailles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce terrain est couvert de broussailles.
Passer à travers les broussailles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroussailles
- borussailles
- brosusailles
- brousailles
- brousasilles
- broussailels
- broussailes
- broussailless
- broussaillse
- broussaliles
- broussialles
- brroussailles
- bruossailles
- rboussailles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broussailles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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