de bric et de broc
\də bʁi.k‿e də bʁɔk\
The verdict
“de bric et de broc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au hasard des trouvailles ; de façon disparate, hétéroclite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-bric-et-de-broc · de bric et de broc · French
de bric et de broc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de bric et de broc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də bʁi.k‿e də bʁɔk\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de bric et de broc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də bʁi.k‿e də bʁɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for de bric et de broc in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 de bric et de broc, spelled D-E- -B-R-I-C- -E-T- -D-E- -B-R-O-C.
Definition
- 1Au hasard des trouvailles ; de façon disparate, hétéroclite.
- 2N’importe comment, sans soin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de bric et de broc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leur appartement est meublé de bric et de broc.
Aujourd'hui que l'on avait mis un chauffeur à sa disposition pour le tenir constamment sur les routes à cause de son odeur, monsieur le duc en profitait pour visiter ses cousins, personnages de bric et de broc disséminés sur l'ensemble du territoire, qui s'étonnaient pour la plupart de l'existence de ce parent et de l'ultime fantaisie qui l'avait saisi.
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.