BreitevsBroteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Breite” and “Brote” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,915
“Breite” frequency rank
#23,869
“Brote” frequency rank
25784
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Breite Brote
Definition horizontale Ausdehnung, Dimension, als Gegenstück zur Länge, Höhe oder Tiefe eine messbare Strecke an zweidimensionalen oder dreidimensionalen, rechtwinkligen Objekten, an Flächen und Körpern Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Brot

Where the eye mixes Breite and Brote

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Breite
5 ch
Brote

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. Breite ([ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]) and Brote ([ˈbʁoːtə]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25784, 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]. Brote is at rank #23,869, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʁoːtə].

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 25784, this pair ranks #1,828,008 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Breite vs Brote

Shared letters: bert. Private to "Breite": i. Private to "Brote": o.

"Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "Brote" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Breitebbreite · berite · breiet · breitte · bretie · briete · brreite · rbeite
  • Brotebbrote · borte · broet · brotte · brrote · brtoe · rbote

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Breite" and "Brote" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbʁaɪ̯tə] versus [ˈbʁoːtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Breite" or "Brote"?
"Breite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,915 in our German list, against #23,869 for "Brote". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Breite" and "Brote". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Breite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Brote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,828,008 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Breite" and "Brote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Brote vs bryce". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list