Which to use
“brick” and “broc” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,886
- “brick” frequency rank
- #38,177
- “broc” frequency rank
- 63063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brick | broc |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voilier à deux mâts gréés à voiles carrées et portant des hunes à l’extrémité des bas-mâts. | Récipient portatif d’une assez grande capacité, communément de bois, garni de cercles de fer ou de cuivre, qui a une anse et un bec évasé et dont on se sert ordinairement pour tirer ou transporter de l’eau ou du vin. |
Where the eye mixes brick and broc
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses brick with broc
A purely visual mix-up. brick (\bʁik\) and broc (\bʁo\) 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 63063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brick is recorded at frequency rank #24,886, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁik\. broc is at rank #38,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁo\.
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 63063, this pair ranks #83,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of brick vs broc
Shared letters: bcr. Private to "brick": ik. Private to "broc": o.
"brick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "broc" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brick" and "broc" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "brick" or "broc"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "brick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "broc" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brick" and "broc" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "broad vs broc". 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 #83,877 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.