brutales

\bʁy.tal\

/\bʁy.tal\/ adj

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The verdict

“brutales” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,379
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de brutal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brutales · brutales · French

brutales · rank #31,379 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,379
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bruneau

Nearest frequency peer: Bruneau (-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 « brutales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « brutales » 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).

brutales vs brutes
75% similar
brutales vs brutal
75% similar
brutales vs brutale
88% similar

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

Key facts for brutales
PropertyValue
Headwordbrutales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁy.tal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,379
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « brutales »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).brutalesse 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 « Bruneau » (#31,378), « bruyamment » (#31,380), « Brighton » (#31,377). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « brutales » est au #31,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around brutales (IPA \bʁy.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,379 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de brutal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for brutales, with forms such as "bbrutales", "brrutales", and "brtuales". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "brutes", "brutal", "brutale", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is brutales, spelled B-R-U-T-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de brutal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne constate aujourd’hui aucune protestation du mouvement queer face à la pratique de transgenriser des enfants sur la base de normes de genre si brutales qu’elles arrivent à légitimer une intervention chimique sur des organismes prépubères.
  2. J’ai souri au chant du flot mince qui va, sous les spirées, dérouler sa chaîne d’argent ; j’ai tremblé devant la colère des ondes brutales qui usent le roc et charrient la mort.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrutales
  • brrutales
  • brtuales
  • bruatles
  • brutaels
  • brutaless
  • brutalles
  • brutalse
  • brutlaes
  • bruttales
  • burtales
  • rbutales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brutales - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbrutales1brrutales1brtuales2bruatles2brutaels2brutaless1brutalles1brutalse2
Edit distance from "brutales"

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 "brutales"?
"brutales" is spelled B-R-U-T-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁy.tal\.
What does "brutales" mean?
As an adjective, "brutales" means: Féminin pluriel de brutal.
What words are commonly confused with "brutales"?
"brutales" is commonly confused with "brutes", "brutal", "brutale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brutales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brutales" is \bʁy.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brutales" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Brighton#31,377bretelle#31,376Buchanan#31,382bestiaux#31,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

automates12 variantsAnalysis12 variantsconverse12 variantscouvents12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list