Which to use
“befreite” is an adjective and “Breite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,900
- “befreite” frequency rank
- #1,915
- “Breite” frequency rank
- 23815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | befreite | Breite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreit | horizontale Ausdehnung, Dimension, als Gegenstück zur Länge, Höhe oder Tiefe eine messbare Strecke an zweidimensionalen oder dreidimensionalen, rechtwinkligen Objekten, an Flächen und Körpern |
Where the eye mixes befreite and Breite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. befreite runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against Breite's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: befreite vs Breite
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: befreite is [bəˈfʁaɪ̯tə] while Breite is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
befreite is recorded at frequency rank #21,900, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈfʁaɪ̯tə]. Breite is at rank #1,915, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə].
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 23815, this pair ranks #1,856,250 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of befreite vs Breite
Shared letters: beirt. Private to "befreite": f. Private to "Breite": -.
"befreite" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "befreite" for "Breite" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "befreite" or "Breite" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "befreite" and "Breite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "befreite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Breite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,856,250 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "befreite" and "Breite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "befreite vs betrete". 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 #1,856,250 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.