Which to use
“bronche” and “bronches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,376
- “bronche” frequency rank
- #41,161
- “bronches” frequency rank
- 89537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bronche | bronches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacun des deux conduits cartilagineux qui naissent de la bifurcation de la trachée-artère et qui se distribuent dans les deux poumons ; c’est par les bronches que l’air s’introduit dans les poumons. | Pluriel de bronche. |
Same sound, different letters: bronche vs bronches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. bronche runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against bronches's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - bronche / bronches
This is the hard kind. bronche and bronches are pronounced identically (\bʁɔ̃ʃ\) 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) - “bronche” sits inside “bronches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bronche is recorded at frequency rank #48,376, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁɔ̃ʃ\. bronches is at rank #41,161, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁɔ̃ʃ\.
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 89537, this pair ranks #5,686 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bronche vs bronches
Shared letters: bcehnor. Private to "bronche": -. Private to "bronches": s.
"bronche" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "bronches" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "bronche" / "bronches". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bronche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bronches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,686 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bronche" and "bronches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bronche vs bronzée". 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 #5,686 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.