Which to use
“Brei” and “Breite” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,320
- “Brei” frequency rank
- #1,915
- “Breite” frequency rank
- 17235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Brei | Breite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dickflüssige gekochte Speise | 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 Brei and Breite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Brei and Breite
A purely visual mix-up. Brei ([bʁaɪ̯]) and Breite ([ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Brei” sits inside “Breite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Brei is recorded at frequency rank #15,320, classified as anoun, pronounced [bʁaɪ̯]. 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 17235, this pair ranks #1,929,180 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Brei vs Breite
Shared letters: beir. Private to "Brei": -. Private to "Breite": t.
"Brei" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Brei" and "Breite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Brei" or "Breite"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Brei" and "Breite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Brei" 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 #1,929,180 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Brei" and "Breite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Brei vs Brenz". 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 #1,929,180 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.