# break vs Brei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### break
*verb · IPA [breɪk] · frequency rank #11,619*
brechen; kaputt gehen

### Brei
*noun · IPA [bʁaɪ̯] · frequency rank #15,320*
dickflüssige gekochte Speise

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brei