livre broché

\livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\

/\livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ouvrage assemblé par collage de la tranche des feuillets au dos de sa couverture, qui est souple.

Key facts for livre broché
PropertyValue
Headwordlivre broché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “livre broché” sits in French frequency

livre broché 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

livre broché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ouvrage assemblé par collage de la tranche des feuillets au dos de sa couverture, qui est souple.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for livre broché, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is livre broché, spelled L-I-V-R-E- -B-R-O-C-H-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrage assemblé par collage de la tranche des feuillets au dos de sa couverture, qui est souple.

This word in other languages

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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 "livre broché"?
"livre broché" is spelled L-I-V-R-E- -B-R-O-C-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\.
What does "livre broché" mean?
As a noun, "livre broché" means: Ouvrage assemblé par collage de la tranche des feuillets au dos de sa couverture, qui est souple.
How do you pronounce "livre broché"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "livre broché" is \livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "livre broché" come from?
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Using “livre broché”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is L-I-V-R-E- -B-R-O-C-H-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \livʁ bʁɔ.ʃe\ (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