brusquement

\bʁys.kə.mɑ̃\

/\bʁys.kə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“brusquement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,919
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière brusque, inattendue ou soudaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brusquement · brusquement · French

brusquement · rank #12,919 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,919
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boum

Nearest frequency peer: boum (-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 « brusquement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brusquement » 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
Key facts for brusquement
PropertyValue
Headwordbrusquement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\bʁys.kə.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,919
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brusquement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brusquementse 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 « boum » (#12,918), « Bouddha » (#12,917), « calmez » (#12,922). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brusquement » est au #12,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around brusquement (IPA \bʁys.kə.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,919 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière brusque, inattendue ou soudaine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for brusquement, with forms such as "bbrusquement", "brrusquement", and "brsuquement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 brusquement, spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière brusque, inattendue ou soudaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous en profitons pour bifurquer brusquement et nous arrivons enfin en zigzaguant à nous mettre hors de la portée de notre intrus.
  2. Il agit donc sur la tirette, le rideau se releva brusquement, et alors, à la stupéfaction générale, on vit saint Jean-Baptiste, en pyjama bleu de ciel, […]

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrusquement
  • brrusquement
  • brsuquement
  • bruqsuement
  • brusqeument
  • brusqquement
  • brusqueemnt
  • brusquemennt
  • brusquementt
  • brusquemetn
  • brusquemment
  • brusquemnet
  • brusqumeent
  • brussquement
  • brusuqement
  • bursquement
  • rbusquement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brusquement - 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.

bbrusquement1brrusquement1brsuquement2bruqsuement2brusqeument2brusqquement1brusqueemnt2brusquemennt1
Edit distance from "brusquement"

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 "brusquement"?
"brusquement" is spelled B-R-U-S-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁys.kə.mɑ̃\.
What does "brusquement" mean?
As an adverb, "brusquement" means: D’une manière brusque, inattendue ou soudaine.
What are common misspellings of "brusquement"?
Common misspellings include "bbrusquement", "brrusquement", "brsuquement", "bruqsuement", "brusqeument". The correct spelling is "brusquement".
How do you pronounce "brusquement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brusquement" is \bʁys.kə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brusquement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list