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“bereitete” and “breitere” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,035
“bereitete” frequency rank
#21,918
“breitere” frequency rank
33953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bereitete breitere
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bereitet Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs breit

Where the eye mixes bereitete and breitere

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
bereitete
8 ch
breitere

Look-alike desk: bereitete vs breitere

A purely visual mix-up. bereitete ([bəˈʁaɪ̯tətə]) and breitere ([ˈbʁaɪ̯təʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bereitete is recorded at frequency rank #12,035, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯tətə]. breitere is at rank #21,918, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯təʁə].

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 33953, this pair ranks #1,674,376 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bereitete vs breitere

Shared letters: beirt. Private to "bereitete": -. Private to "breitere": -.

"bereitete" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV  ·  "breitere" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bereitetebbereitete · beeritete · bereiette · bereiteet · bereitette · bereittee · bereittete · beretiete
  • breiterebbreitere · beritere · breietre · breiteer · breiterre · breitree · breittere · bretiere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bereitete" and "breitere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈʁaɪ̯tətə] versus [ˈbʁaɪ̯təʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bereitete" or "breitere"?
"bereitete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,035 in our German list, against #21,918 for "breitere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "bereitete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "breitere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,674,376 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bereitete" and "breitere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breitem vs breitere". 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 #1,674,376 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list