Which to use
“Breite” is a noun and “breiten” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,915
- “Breite” frequency rank
- #3,429
- “breiten” frequency rank
- 5344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Breite | breiten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | horizontale Ausdehnung, Dimension, als Gegenstück zur Länge, Höhe oder Tiefe eine messbare Strecke an zweidimensionalen oder dreidimensionalen, rechtwinkligen Objekten, an Flächen und Körpern | etwas Zusammengelegtes, das wenig Platz einnimmt, auseinandernehmen und mehr Platz einnehmen lassen |
Where the eye mixes Breite and breiten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Breite with breiten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Breite is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə] while breiten is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Breite” sits inside “breiten”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Breite is recorded at frequency rank #1,915, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]. breiten is at rank #3,429, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯tn̩].
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 5344, this pair ranks #1,995,048 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Breite vs breiten
Shared letters: beirt. Private to "Breite": -. Private to "breiten": n.
"Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "breiten" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Breite" and "breiten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Breite" vs "breiten" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Breite" and "breiten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Breite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breiten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,995,048 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Breite" and "breiten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breiten vs Britin". 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 #1,995,048 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.