Which to use
“brisée” and “brisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,730
- “brisée” frequency rank
- #22,784
- “brisées” frequency rank
- 35514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brisée | brisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rupture. | 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. |
Same sound, different letters: brisée vs brisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: brisée vs brisées
This is the hard kind. brisée and brisées are pronounced identically (\bʁi.ze\) 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) - “brisée” sits inside “brisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brisée is recorded at frequency rank #12,730, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁi.ze\. 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 35514, this pair ranks #276,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brisée vs brisées
Shared letters: beirsé. Private to "brisée": -. Private to "brisées": -.
"brisée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "brisées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "brisée" / "brisées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "brisée" 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 #276,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brisée" and "brisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bridés vs brisées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #276,225 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.