Bruxelles

/\bʁy.sɛl\/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,431

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Bruxelles is aFrenchname. It means: Ville belge, l’une des 19 communes de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, la capitale de la Belgique, siège de quelques organisations internationales. Pronounced \bʁy.sɛl\. It ranks #1,431 in French word frequency. Often confused with Bruxellois and bretelles.

Key facts for Bruxelles
PropertyValue
HeadwordBruxelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\bʁy.sɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,431
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bruxelles in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Bruxelles is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁy.sɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,431 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bruxelles, with forms such as "bbruxelles", "brruxelles", and "bruexlles". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bruxellois", "bretelles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Bruxelles, spelled B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville belge, l’une des 19 communes de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, la capitale de la Belgique, siège de quelques organisations internationales.
  2. 2
    Ville belge, l’une des 19 communes de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, la capitale de la Belgique, siège de quelques organisations internationales.
  3. 3
    Institutions de l’Union européenne, souvent la Commission européenne.
  4. 4
    Gouvernement de la Belgique.
  5. 5
    Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
  6. 6
    Petite commune dans la province du Manitoba, au sud du Canada.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbruxelles,brruxelles,bruexlles,bruxelels,bruxeles,bruxelless,bruxellse,bruxleles,bruxxelles,brxuelles,burxelles,rbuxelles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bruxelles

Misspelling Variants of "Bruxelles"

bbruxelles10brruxelles10bruexlles9bruxelels9bruxeles8bruxelless10bruxellse9bruxleles9
Misspelling Variants of "Bruxelles"

Frequency rank: #1,431 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bruxelles"?
"Bruxelles" is spelled B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁy.sɛl\.
What does "Bruxelles" mean?
As a name, "Bruxelles" means: Ville belge, l’une des 19 communes de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, la capitale de la Belgique, siège de quelques organisations internationales.
What words are commonly confused with "Bruxelles"?
"Bruxelles" is commonly confused with "Bruxellois", "bretelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bruxelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bruxelles" is \bʁy.sɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bruxelles" come from?
"Bruxelles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.