brunch

\bʁœnʃ\

/\bʁœnʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“brunch” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,123
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repas tardif du matin, associant les aliments du petit déjeuner (pain, gâteaux…) à des aliments pris habituellement au déjeuner (viandes, salades…).

Corpus desk

Index FR-brunch · brunch · French

brunch · rank #23,123 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,123
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouscule

Nearest frequency peer: bouscule (-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 « brunch »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brunch » 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).

brunch vs Buch
50% similar
brunch vs bruno
67% similar
brunch vs brune
67% similar

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

Key facts for brunch
PropertyValue
Headwordbrunch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁœnʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,123
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brunch »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brunchse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouscule » (#23,122), « burgers » (#23,124), « cabriolet » (#23,125). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brunch » est au #23,123. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around brunch (IPA \bʁœnʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,123 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Repas tardif du matin, associant les aliments du petit déjeuner (pain, gâteaux…) à des aliments pris habituellement au déjeuner (viandes, salades…).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brunch, with forms such as "bbrunch", "brnuch", and "brrunch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Buch", "bruno", "brune", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is brunch, spelled B-R-U-N-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Repas tardif du matin, associant les aliments du petit déjeuner (pain, gâteaux…) à des aliments pris habituellement au déjeuner (viandes, salades…).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cela commençait par des brunches en plein air, sur les pelouses des fraternités, avec des tentes de toiles striées de vert et blanc, dressées au sommet des pentes qui, à l’arrière des grandes demeures, dominaient les vallons voisins.
  2. Chloé rappela à son petit frère qu’un brunch, c’était un « super grand » petit-déjeuner, où on mangeait beaucoup parce qu’on ne remangeait plus à midi.

Synonyms

déjeuner-dinerdéjeuner-dînerdéjeunettegrand petit-déjeunerdéjeuner dinatoiredéjeuner buffetpetit déjeuner-déjeuner

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrunch
  • brnuch
  • brrunch
  • brucnh
  • bruncch
  • brunchh
  • brunhc
  • brunnch
  • burnch
  • rbunch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbrunch1brnuch2brrunch1brucnh2bruncch1brunchh1brunhc2brunnch1
Edit distance from "brunch"

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 "brunch"?
"brunch" is spelled B-R-U-N-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁœnʃ\.
What does "brunch" mean?
As a noun, "brunch" means: Repas tardif du matin, associant les aliments du petit déjeuner (pain, gâteaux…) à des aliments pris habituellement au déjeuner (viandes, salades…).
What words are commonly confused with "brunch"?
"brunch" is commonly confused with "Buch", "bruno", "brune". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brunch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brunch" is \bʁœnʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brunch" come from?
"brunch" 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 "brunch", 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