Which to use
“bereit” is an adjective and “Breite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #807
- “bereit” frequency rank
- #1,915
- “Breite” frequency rank
- 2722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bereit | Breite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf etwas vorbereitet, mit der Vorbereitung fertig | 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 bereit and Breite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses bereit with Breite
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bereit is [bəˈʁaɪ̯t] while Breite is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bereit is recorded at frequency rank #807, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯t]. 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 2722, this pair ranks #2,001,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bereit vs Breite
Shared letters: beirt. Private to "bereit": -. Private to "Breite": -.
"bereit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bereit" for "Breite" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bereit" or "Breite"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bereit" and "Breite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bereit" 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 #2,001,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bereit" and "Breite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breeze vs Breite". 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 #2,001,733 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.