de bric et de broc
\də bʁi.k‿e də bʁɔk\
The verdict
“de bric et de broc” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au hasard des trouvailles ; de façon disparate, hétéroclite.
| 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) |
Where “de bric et de broc” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for de bric et de broc is 18 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də bʁi.k‿e də bʁɔk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “de bric et de broc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E- -B-R-I-C- -E-T- -D-E- -B-R-O-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.