brusque

\bʁysk\

/\bʁysk\/ adj

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The verdict

“brusque” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,638
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui agit par saccades violentes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brusque · brusque · French

brusque · rank #17,638 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,638
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bruts

Nearest frequency peer: bruts (+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 « brusque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brusque » 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).

brusque vs brusquer
88% similar
brusque vs basque
71% similar
brusque vs brique
71% similar

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

Key facts for brusque
PropertyValue
Headwordbrusque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁysk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,638
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brusque »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).brusquese 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 « bruts » (#17,639), « bride » (#17,636), « Bruxellois » (#17,640). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brusque » est au #17,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around brusque (IPA \bʁysk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,638 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 brusque, with forms such as "bbrusque", "brrusque", and "brsuque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "brusquer", "basque", "brique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 brusque, spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui agit par saccades violentes.
  2. 2
    Qui est subit et inopiné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est fort brusque dans ses reparties.
  2. Manières brusques. Ton brusque. Faire une réponse brusque.

Synonyms

vifrudepromptincivilsaccadé

This word in other languages

brusque(English)abrupto(Español)schroff(Deutsch)abrupto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrusque
  • brrusque
  • brsuque
  • bruqsue
  • brusqeu
  • brusqque
  • brussque
  • brusuqe
  • bursque
  • rbusque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brusque - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbrusque1brrusque1brsuque2bruqsue2brusqeu2brusqque1brussque1brusuqe2
Edit distance from "brusque"

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 "brusque"?
"brusque" is spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁysk\.
What does "brusque" mean?
As an adjective, "brusque" means: Qui agit par saccades violentes.
What words are commonly confused with "brusque"?
"brusque" is commonly confused with "brusquer", "basque", "brique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brusque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brusque" is \bʁysk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brusque" come from?
"brusque" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

causent#17,649cavités#17,650aspirer#17,625collant#17,654

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

collabore10 variantsAndreas10 variantscorridor10 variantsécuries10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list