brûlez

\bʁy.le\

/\bʁy.le\/ verb

The verdict

“brûlez” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,408
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brûler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brulez · brûlez · French

brûlez · rank #35,408 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,408
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brook

Nearest frequency peer: brook (-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 « brûlez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brûlez » 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).

brûlez vs brune
50% similar
brûlez vs brute
50% similar
brûlez vs brume
50% similar

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

Key facts for brûlez
PropertyValue
Headwordbrûlez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bʁy.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,408
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brûlez »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).brûlezse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brook » (#35,407), « buccale » (#35,409), « brandit » (#35,406). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brûlez » est au #35,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around brûlez (IPA \bʁy.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,408 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brûlez, with forms such as "bbrûlez", "brlûez", and "brrûlez". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brune", "brute", "brume", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is brûlez, spelled B-R-Û-L-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brûler.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe brûler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Agissez avec méthode et ne brûlez pas les étapes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrûlez
  • brlûez
  • brrûlez
  • brulez
  • brûelz
  • brûlezz
  • brûllez
  • brûlze
  • bûrlez
  • rbûlez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbrûlez1brlûez2brrûlez1brulez1brûelz2brûlezz1brûllez1brûlze2
Edit distance from "brûlez"

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 "brûlez"?
"brûlez" is spelled B-R-Û-L-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁy.le\.
What does "brûlez" mean?
As a verb, "brûlez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brûler.
What words are commonly confused with "brûlez"?
"brûlez" is commonly confused with "brune", "brute", "brume". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brûlez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brûlez" is \bʁy.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brûlez" come from?
"brûlez" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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