broyeur
\bʁwa.jœʁ\
The verdict
“broyeur” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,702 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,702
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui broie.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broyeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁwa.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “broyeur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for broyeur is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁwa.jœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,702 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Celle qui broie.
- 2Ouvrier qui fait le métier de broyer.
- 3Ouvrier qui prépare des couleurs.
- 4Instrument qui sert à broyer.
- 5Appareil possédant des cylindres cannelés tournant en sens inverse à des vitesses différentes et destiné à broyer le grain.
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.
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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Using “broyeur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-O-Y-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bʁwa.jœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “boyer” - see the side-by-side comparison. broyeur vs boyer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.