bruire
\bʁɥiʁ\
The verdict
“bruire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre un son confus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bruire · bruire · French
bruire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | bruire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʁɥiʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bruire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bruire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bʁɥiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bruire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bruire, spelled B-R-U-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Rendre un son confus.
- 2Scintiller, briller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bruire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seulement le feu bruissait, comme pour faire comprendre la profondeur du silence.
– Ah ! les premières fleurs, qu’elles sont parfumées ! Et qu’il bruit avec un murmure charmant Le premier « oui » qui sort de lèvres bien-aimées !
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.