Which to use
“breiter” and “breitere” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,519
- “breiter” frequency rank
- #21,918
- “breitere” frequency rank
- 28437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breiter | breitere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs breit |
Where the eye mixes breiter and breitere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. breiter runs 7 letters (CCVVCVC) against breitere's 8 (CCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between breiter and breitere
A purely visual mix-up. breiter ([ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]) and breitere ([ˈbʁaɪ̯təʁə]) 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 extra letter(s) - “breiter” sits inside “breitere”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breiter is recorded at frequency rank #6,519, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]. 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 28437, this pair ranks #1,784,776 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of breiter vs breitere
Shared letters: beirt. Private to "breiter": -. Private to "breitere": -.
"breiter" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "breitere" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "breiter" and "breitere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "breiter" or "breitere"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "breiter" 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 #1,784,776 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breiter" 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 #1,784,776 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.