Which to use
“brasser” is a verb and “brasseur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,374
- “brasser” frequency rank
- #28,079
- “brasseur” frequency rank
- 59453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brasser | brasseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fabriquer de la bière en remuant le malt. | Personne qui brasse de la bière et qui en vend en gros. |
Where the eye mixes brasser and brasseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. brasser runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against brasseur's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: brasser vs brasseur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: brasser is \bʁa.se\ while brasseur is \bʁa.sœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brasser is recorded at frequency rank #31,374, classified as averb, pronounced \bʁa.se\. brasseur is at rank #28,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁa.sœʁ\.
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 59453, this pair ranks #103,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of brasser vs brasseur
Shared letters: abers. Private to "brasser": -. Private to "brasseur": u.
"brasser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "brasseur" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brasser" for "brasseur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "brasser" or "brasseur"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "brasser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brasseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brasser" and "brasseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blaster vs brasser". 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 #103,050 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.