Which to use
“brouillon” and “brouillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,069
- “brouillon” frequency rank
- #37,209
- “brouillons” frequency rank
- 57278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brouillon | brouillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Premier jet de ce qu’on écrit d’abord sur le papier pour le mettre ensuite au net. | Pluriel de brouillon. |
Same sound, different letters: brouillon vs brouillons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. brouillon runs 9 letters (CCVVVCCVC) against brouillons's 10 (CCVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: brouillon vs brouillons
This is the hard kind. brouillon and brouillons are pronounced identically (\bʁu.jɔ̃\) 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) - “brouillon” sits inside “brouillons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brouillon is recorded at frequency rank #20,069, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁu.jɔ̃\. brouillons is at rank #37,209, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁu.jɔ̃\.
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 57278, this pair ranks #116,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brouillon vs brouillons
Shared letters: bilnoru. Private to "brouillon": -. Private to "brouillons": s.
"brouillon" · 9 letters · shape CCVVVCCVC · "brouillons" · 10 letters · shape CCVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- brouillon ← bbrouillon · boruillon · broiullon · brouillno · brouillonn · brouiloln · brouilon · broulilon
- brouillons ← bbrouillons · boruillons · broiullons · brouillnos · brouillonns · brouillonss · brouillosn · brouilolns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brouillon" for "brouillons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "brouillon" vs "brouillons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "brouillon" / "brouillons". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "brouillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brouillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brouillon" and "brouillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bouillon vs brouillons". 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 #116,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.