Which to use
“breath” is a noun and “breit” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,533
- “breath” frequency rank
- #2,332
- “breit” frequency rank
- 51865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breath | breit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atem | horizontal seitlich ausgedehnt (in Links-Rechts-Richtung) |
Letter map: breath vs breit
Shared letters muted; letters that set breath and breit apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. breath runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against breit's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - breath and breit
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: breath is anoun and breitanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breath is recorded at frequency rank #49,533, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. breit is at rank #2,332, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bʁaɪ̯t].
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 51865, this pair ranks #1,119,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of breath vs breit
Shared letters: bert. Private to "breath": ah. Private to "breit": i.
"breath" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "breit" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "breath" and "breit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "breath" or "breit"?
What to do next
You've compared "breath" and "breit". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "breath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,119,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breath" and "breit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breath vs puzzles". 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 #1,119,030 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.