œufs brouillés
\ø bʁu.je\
The verdict
“œufs brouillés” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Préparation d’œufs entiers, d’un corps gras (habituellement du beurre) et de sel, constamment remués (et non battus) avec un fouet, à température douce d’un bain-marie, à la consistance crémeuse et...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œufs brouillés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ø bʁu.je\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œufs brouillés” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
œufs brouillés is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ø bʁu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préparation d’œufs entiers, d’un corps gras (habituellement du beurre) et de sel, constamment remués (et non battus) avec un fouet, à température douce d’un bain-marie, à la consistance crémeuse et...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for œufs brouillés, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is œufs brouillés, spelled Œ-U-F-S- -B-R-O-U-I-L-L-É-S.
Definition
- 1Préparation d’œufs entiers, d’un corps gras (habituellement du beurre) et de sel, constamment remués (et non battus) avec un fouet, à température douce d’un bain-marie, à la consistance crémeuse et lisse après une cuisson durant entre 5 et 8 minutes, souvent crémé ou additionné de fromage en fin de cuisson.
This word in other languages
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Using “œufs brouillés”
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- The one correct French spelling is Œ-U-F-S- -B-R-O-U-I-L-L-É-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ø bʁu.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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