Which to use
“broche” and “broches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,770
- “broche” frequency rank
- #31,862
- “broches” frequency rank
- 51632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | broche | broches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tige pointue que l’on passe au travers d’une volaille ou d’une pièce de viande que l’on souhaite faire rôtir, pour la faire tourner au-dessus de la flamme. | Pluriel de broche. |
Same sound, different letters: broche vs broches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - broche and broches
This is the hard kind. broche and broches are pronounced identically (\bʁɔʃ\) 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) - “broche” sits inside “broches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
broche is recorded at frequency rank #19,770, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁɔʃ\. broches is at rank #31,862, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁɔʃ\.
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 51632, this pair ranks #153,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of broche vs broches
Shared letters: bcehor. Private to "broche": -. Private to "broches": s.
"broche" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "broches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "broche" and "broches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "broche" vs "broches" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "broche" / "broches". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "broche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "broches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "broche" and "broches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "broches vs bronche". 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 #153,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.