Which to use
“Brise” and “brisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,431
- “Brise” frequency rank
- #22,784
- “brisées” frequency rank
- 28215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Brise | brisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La brise. | Branches que le valet de limiers rompt aux arbres et qu’il place dans son chemin pour reconnaître l’endroit où est la bête et où il l’a détournée. |
Where the eye mixes Brise and brisées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Brise and brisées
A purely visual mix-up. Brise (\ˈbʁiːzə\) and brisées (\bʁi.ze\) 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 28215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Brise is recorded at frequency rank #5,431, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈbʁiːzə\. brisées is at rank #22,784, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁi.ze\.
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 28215, this pair ranks #324,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Brise vs brisées
Shared letters: beirs. Private to "Brise": -. Private to "brisées": é.
"Brise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "brisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Brise ← bbrise · birse · bries · brisse · brrise · brsie · rbise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Brise" and "brisées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Brise" or "brisées" show up more?
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Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Brise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Brise" and "brisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bridés vs brisées". 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 #324,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.