brucelles
\bʁy.sɛl\
The verdict
“brucelles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de petites pinces dont les branches font ressort et qui servent à prendre, à tenir des pièces légères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brucelles · brucelles · French
brucelles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brucelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁy.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « brucelles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
brucelles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁy.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for brucelles in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brucelles, spelled B-R-U-C-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sorte de petites pinces dont les branches font ressort et qui servent à prendre, à tenir des pièces légères.
- 2Petite pince aplatie à l’extrémité de ses deux branches utilisée pour manipuler les timbres-poste.
- 3Pince à épiler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brucelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des brucelles d’horloger.
Des brucelles de typographe.
This word in other languages
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.