Which to use
“braquer” and “brusquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,674
- “braquer” frequency rank
- #41,685
- “brusquer” frequency rank
- 60359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | braquer | brusquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tourner de façon à placer (une arme à feu, un instrument d'optique) dans une direction déterminée, pointer. | Traiter d’une manière brusque. |
Where the eye mixes braquer and brusquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between braquer and brusquer
A purely visual mix-up. braquer (\bʁa.ke\) and brusquer (\bʁys.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
braquer is recorded at frequency rank #18,674, classified as averb, pronounced \bʁa.ke\. brusquer is at rank #41,685, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁys.ke\.
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 60359, this pair ranks #97,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of braquer vs brusquer
Shared letters: beqru. Private to "braquer": a. Private to "brusquer": s.
"braquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "brusquer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "braquer" for "brusquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "braquer" or "brusquer"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "braquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brusquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "braquer" and "brusquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bousquet vs brusquer". 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 #97,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.