bruine
\bʁɥin\
The verdict
“bruine” is uncommon French (frequency #63,579 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,579
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite pluie très fine et ordinairement froide qui tombe lentement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bruine · bruine · French
bruine · rank #63,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,579
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Brits
Nearest frequency peer: Brits (-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 « bruine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- braye
braye
36,425 corpus weight
- briseur
briseur
36,424 corpus weight
- Brits
Brits
36,423 corpus weight
- bruine
bruine
36,422 corpus weight
- brûles
brûles
36,420 corpus weight
- bumper
bumper
36,419 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bruine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bruine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁɥin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bruine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bruine is uncommon French at frequency #63,579 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɥin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bruine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 bruine, spelled B-R-U-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Petite pluie très fine et ordinairement froide qui tombe lentement.
- 2Toute pluie de matériaux fins tombant lentement dans l'atmosphère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bruine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pluie ou la bruine ont été les compagnes fidèles de presque toutes mes courses.
D’abord on la prenait pour une simple bruine, un vague crachin que balayerait le premier coup de vent puis, au bout de quelques mètres, on se sentait pénétré d’une humidité froide et collante qui faisait regretter d’avoir renoncé au parapluie.
Synonyms
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); 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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