Which to use
“brèche” and “brèches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,527
- “brèche” frequency rank
- #33,159
- “brèches” frequency rank
- 45686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brèche | brèches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture dans une clôture, un mur, une haie… | Pluriel de brèche. |
Same sound, different letters: brèche vs brèches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. brèche runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against brèches's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - brèche / brèches
This is the hard kind. brèche and brèches are pronounced identically (\bʁɛʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “brèche” sits inside “brèches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brèche is recorded at frequency rank #12,527, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁɛʃ\. brèches is at rank #33,159, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁɛʃ\.
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 45686, this pair ranks #200,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brèche vs brèches
Shared letters: bcehrè. Private to "brèche": -. Private to "brèches": s.
"brèche" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "brèches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brèche" and "brèches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "brèche" or "brèches"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "brèche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brèches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brèche" and "brèches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "biches vs brèches". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #200,826 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.