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“bouillon” and “brouillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,282
- “bouillon” frequency rank
- #37,209
- “brouillons” frequency rank
- 47491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bouillon | brouillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bulle qui se forme à la surface d’un liquide lorsqu’il bout. | Pluriel de brouillon. |
Where the eye mixes bouillon and brouillons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bouillon runs 8 letters (CVVVCCVC) against brouillons's 10 (CCVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bouillon vs brouillons
A purely visual mix-up. bouillon (\bu.jɔ̃\) and brouillons (\bʁu.jɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bouillon is recorded at frequency rank #10,282, classified as anoun, pronounced \bu.jɔ̃\. brouillons is at rank #37,209, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁu.jɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 47491, this pair ranks #186,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bouillon vs brouillons
Shared letters: bilnou. Private to "bouillon": -. Private to "brouillons": rs.
"bouillon" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "brouillons" · 10 letters · shape CCVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bouillon ← bbouillon · boiullon · bouillno · bouillonn · bouiloln · bouilon · boulilon · buoillon
- brouillons ← bbrouillons · boruillons · broiullons · brouillnos · brouillonns · brouillonss · brouillosn · brouilolns
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "bouillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brouillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bouillon" and "brouillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brouillon vs brouillons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #186,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.