bruxisme
\bʁyk.sism\
The verdict
“bruxisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pathologie entrainant un grincement des dents ou une contracture soutenue de la mâchoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bruxisme · bruxisme · French
bruxisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bruxisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bʁyk.sism\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bruxisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bruxisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁyk.sism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pathologie entrainant un grincement des dents ou une contracture soutenue de la mâchoire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bruxisme, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bruxisme, spelled B-R-U-X-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Pathologie entrainant un grincement des dents ou une contracture soutenue de la mâchoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bruxisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La piste du rôle des neuromédiateurs du système nerveux central dans l’initiation du bruxisme est actuellement privilégiée, bien que l’aspect multifactoriel (stress, drogues, médicaments,...) reste certain.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.