Which to use
“broyé” is an adjective and “broyer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,163
- “broyé” frequency rank
- #28,082
- “broyer” frequency rank
- 69245
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | broyé | broyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été réduit en parcelles, en poudre ou en pâte. | Réduire en parcelles, en poudre ou en pâte. |
Same sound, different letters: broyé vs broyer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. broyé runs 5 letters (CCVVV) against broyer's 6 (CCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - broyé / broyer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: broyé and broyer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bʁwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
broyé is recorded at frequency rank #41,163, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁwa.je\. broyer is at rank #28,082, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁwa.je\.
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 69245, this pair ranks #55,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of broyé vs broyer
Shared letters: bory. Private to "broyé": é. Private to "broyer": e.
"broyé" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "broyer" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- broyer ← bbroyer · boryer · broeyr · broyerr · broyre · broyyer · brroyer · bryoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "broyé" for "broyer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "broyé" or "broyer" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "broyé" / "broyer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "broyé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "broyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "broyé" and "broyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "broad vs broyé". 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 #55,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.