Bruz
\bʁy\
The verdict
“Bruz” is uncommon French (frequency #79,119 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,119
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département d’Ille-et-Vilaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bruz · Bruz · French
Bruz · rank #79,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,119
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH broussard
Nearest frequency peer: broussard (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Bruz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bringue
bringue
20,886 corpus weight
- broue
broue
20,884 corpus weight
- broussard
broussard
20,883 corpus weight
- Bruz
Bruz
20,882 corpus weight
- Brézé
Brézé
20,881 corpus weight
- buggé
buggé
20,880 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bruz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bruz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bʁy\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bruz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bruz is uncommon French at frequency #79,119 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Bruz in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Bruz, spelled B-R-U-Z.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département d’Ille-et-Vilaine.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département d’Ille-et-Vilaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bruz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. de la Bourdonnaye mourut à Paris, le 15 juillet 1775. Son fils Charles-Sévère-Louis eut l’idée, au commencement de 1777, de construire le nouveau château de Laillé, et fit exécuter, au mois d’avril de ladite année, la démolition du château de la Guinemenière. Il habitait alors son château de Cicé, dans la commune de Bruz.
En 2005, une maquette grandeur nature du démonstrateur est envoyée au centre d'expertise technique de la DGA à Bruz, à proximité de Rennes, afin d'en étudier la surface équivalente radar.
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.
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