Bruxelles

\bʁy.sɛl\

/\bʁy.sɛl\/ name

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The verdict

“Bruxelles” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,431
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville belge, l’une des 19 communes de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, la capitale de la Belgique, siège de quelques organisations internationales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bruxelles · Bruxelles · French

Bruxelles · rank #1,431 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,431
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH belles

Nearest frequency peer: belles (-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 « Bruxelles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Bruxelles » 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).

Bruxelles vs Bruxellois
80% similar
Bruxelles vs bretelles
67% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bruxelles »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Bruxellesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « belles » (#1,430), « café » (#1,432), « anniversaire » (#1,429). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bruxelles » est au #1,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Bruxelles (IPA \bʁy.sɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,431 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bruxelles, with forms such as "bbruxelles", "brruxelles", and "bruexlles". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bruxellois", "bretelles", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Bruxelles, spelled B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il paroît que les négociations entre le saint Siége ^([sic : Siège]) et le roi des Pays-Bas pour parvenir à un Concordat vont se suivre. On a parle de l’arrivée de Mᵍʳ Nazali, nonce en Suisse, à Bruxelles.
  2. […] songeant aux ineffables joies de Bruxelles, cette terre promise des bières fortes et des filles, ce Chanaan des priapées et des saouleries !

Synonyms

Bruxelles-ville

This word in other languages

Brussels(English)Bruselas(Español)Brüssel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbruxelles
  • brruxelles
  • bruexlles
  • bruxelels
  • bruxeles
  • bruxelless
  • bruxellse
  • bruxleles
  • bruxxelles
  • brxuelles
  • burxelles
  • rbuxelles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbruxelles1brruxelles1bruexlles2bruxelels2bruxeles1bruxelless1bruxellse2bruxleles2
Edit distance from "Bruxelles"

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 "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 proper noun, "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. 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 "Bruxelles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

largement#1,442présenter#1,400Marseille#1,394capitaine#1,387

Similar misspelling depth

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

identité12 variantsparcours12 variantsfestival12 variantstribunal12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list