chou de Bruxelles

\ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\

/\ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“chou de Bruxelles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de chou (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera) cultivée pour ses bourgeons axillaires qui forment de petites têtes pommées, consommées comme légume.

Key facts for chou de Bruxelles
PropertyValue
Headwordchou de Bruxelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chou de Bruxelles” sits in French frequency

chou de Bruxelles falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chou de Bruxelles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chou de Bruxelles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chou de Bruxelles, spelled C-H-O-U- -D-E- -B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variété de chou (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera) cultivée pour ses bourgeons axillaires qui forment de petites têtes pommées, consommées comme légume.
  2. 2
    Ce légume.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chou de Bruxelles"?
"chou de Bruxelles" is spelled C-H-O-U- -D-E- -B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\.
What does "chou de Bruxelles" mean?
As a noun, "chou de Bruxelles" means: Variété de chou (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera) cultivée pour ses bourgeons axillaires qui forment de petites têtes pommées, consommées comme légume.
How do you pronounce "chou de Bruxelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chou de Bruxelles" is \ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chou de Bruxelles" come from?
"chou de Bruxelles" 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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Using “chou de Bruxelles”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-U- -D-E- -B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃu də bʁy.sɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list