Which to use
“brut” and “bruts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,835
- “brut” frequency rank
- #17,639
- “bruts” frequency rank
- 22474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brut | bruts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans l’état grossier où la nature l’a produit. | Masculin pluriel de brut. |
Same sound, different letters: brut vs bruts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - brut / bruts
This is the hard kind. brut and bruts are pronounced identically (\bʁyt\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “brut” sits inside “bruts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brut is recorded at frequency rank #4,835, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁyt\. bruts is at rank #17,639, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bʁyt\.
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 22474, this pair ranks #357,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of brut vs bruts
Shared letters: brtu. Private to "brut": -. Private to "bruts": s.
"brut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "bruts" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "brut" and "bruts" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "brut" or "bruts"?
What to do next
"brut" and "bruts" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "brut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bruts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brut" and "bruts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bruts vs Butt". 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 #357,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.