broyeur

\bʁwa.jœʁ\

/\bʁwa.jœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“broyeur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,702
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui broie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-broyeur · broyeur · French

broyeur · rank #37,702 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,702
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buvais

Nearest frequency peer: buvais (+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 « broyeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « broyeur » 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).

broyeur vs boyer
71% similar
broyeur vs broyé
57% similar
broyeur vs boxeur
71% similar

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

Key facts for broyeur
PropertyValue
Headwordbroyeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁwa.jœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,702
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « broyeur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).broyeurse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « buvais » (#37,703), « BRIC » (#37,700), « byzantins » (#37,704). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « broyeur » est au #37,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around broyeur (IPA \bʁwa.jœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,702 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for broyeur, with forms such as "bbroyeur", "boryeur", and "broeyur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "boyer", "broyé", "boxeur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is broyeur, spelled B-R-O-Y-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui broie.
  2. 2
    Ouvrier qui fait le métier de broyer.
  3. 3
    Ouvrier qui prépare des couleurs.
  4. 4
    Instrument qui sert à broyer.
  5. 5
    Appareil possédant des cylindres cannelés tournant en sens inverse à des vitesses différentes et destiné à broyer le grain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce marchand de couleurs emploie des broyeurs.
  2. Une majorité dite >>> Humains ....

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbroyeur
  • boryeur
  • broeyur
  • broyeru
  • broyeurr
  • broyuer
  • broyyeur
  • brroyeur
  • bryoeur
  • rboyeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broyeur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbroyeur1boryeur2broeyur2broyeru2broyeurr1broyuer2broyyeur1brroyeur1
Edit distance from "broyeur"

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 "broyeur"?
"broyeur" is spelled B-R-O-Y-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁwa.jœʁ\.
What does "broyeur" mean?
As a noun, "broyeur" means: Celle qui broie.
What words are commonly confused with "broyeur"?
"broyeur" is commonly confused with "boyer", "broyé", "boxeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "broyeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "broyeur" is \bʁwa.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "broyeur" come from?
"broyeur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list