# break vs Brest

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Brest
*name · IPA [bʁɛst] · frequency rank #44,501*
Stadt in Weißrussland (Belarus)

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