broute

\bʁut\

/\bʁut\/ verb

The verdict

“broute” is uncommon French (frequency #68,095 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,095
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe brouter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-broute · broute · French

broute · rank #68,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,095
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brocard

Nearest frequency peer: brocard (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « broute »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « broute » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for broute
PropertyValue
Headwordbroute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁut\
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,095
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « broute » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.broutetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « brocard » (#68,094), « briseurs » (#68,093), « bruna » (#68,097). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « broute » est au #68,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

broute is uncommon French at frequency #68,095 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

broute doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 broute, spelled B-R-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe brouter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe brouter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe brouter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe brouter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe brouter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. — Bon. Quand dit-on d’un outil qu’il broute ? — Lorsqu’il coupe mal.

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 "broute"?
"broute" is spelled B-R-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁut\.
What does "broute" mean?
As a verb, "broute" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe brouter.
How do you pronounce "broute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "broute" is \bʁut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "broute" come from?
"broute" 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 "broute", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list