Which to use
“Breite” is a noun and “breitere” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,915
- “Breite” frequency rank
- #21,918
- “breitere” frequency rank
- 23833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Breite | breitere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | horizontale Ausdehnung, Dimension, als Gegenstück zur Länge, Höhe oder Tiefe eine messbare Strecke an zweidimensionalen oder dreidimensionalen, rechtwinkligen Objekten, an Flächen und Körpern | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs breit |
Where the eye mixes Breite and breitere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Breite and breitere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Breite is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə] while breitere is [ˈbʁaɪ̯təʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Breite” sits inside “breitere”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23833, 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]. breitere is at rank #21,918, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯təʁə].
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 23833, this pair ranks #1,856,024 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Breite vs breitere
Shared letters: beirt. Private to "Breite": -. Private to "breitere": -.
"Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "breitere" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Breite" and "breitere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Breite" vs "breitere" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Breite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breitere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,856,024 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Breite" and "breitere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breitem vs breitere". 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 #1,856,024 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.