bruts

\bʁyt\

/\bʁyt\/ adj

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The verdict

“bruts” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,639
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bruts · bruts · French

bruts · rank #17,639 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,639
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brusque

Nearest frequency peer: brusque (-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 « bruts »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bruts » 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).

bruts vs but
60% similar
bruts vs bus
60% similar
bruts vs BTS
0% similar

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

Key facts for bruts
PropertyValue
Headwordbruts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁyt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,639
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bruts »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.brutsse 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 « brusque » (#17,638), « Bruxellois » (#17,640), « Bundesliga » (#17,641). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bruts » est au #17,639. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bruts (IPA \bʁyt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,639 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de brut.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bruts, with forms such as "bbruts", "brruts", and "brtus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "bus", "BTS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 bruts, spelled B-R-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de brut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les ouvriers occupés à la fouille et à l'extraction des coquins bruts, travaillent à la tâche ; on les paye à raison de 33 centimes le mètre cube de minerai extrait. Les bons ouvriers gagnent 3 fr 50 par jour.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbruts
  • brruts
  • brtus
  • brust
  • brutss
  • brutts
  • burts
  • rbuts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbruts1brruts1brtus2brust2brutss1brutts1burts2rbuts2
Edit distance from "bruts"

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 "bruts"?
"bruts" is spelled B-R-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁyt\.
What does "bruts" mean?
As an adjective, "bruts" means: Masculin pluriel de brut.
What words are commonly confused with "bruts"?
"bruts" is commonly confused with "but", "bus", "BTS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bruts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bruts" is \bʁyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bruts" come from?
"bruts" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bride#17,636burke#17,642canot#17,646Bauer#17,631

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

blouse8 variantsardeur8 variantsappuyée8 variantsconnasse8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list