Which to use
“broadcast” is a verb and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,189
- “broadcast” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 45513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | broadcast | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Radio-/ Fernsehsendung ausstrahlen, übertragen | von |
Letter map: broadcast vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set broadcast and of apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for broadcast / of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: broadcast is averb and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 7 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
broadcast is recorded at frequency rank #45,189, classified as averb, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, pronounced […].
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 45513, this pair ranks #1,350,480 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of broadcast vs of
Shared letters: o. Private to "broadcast": abcdrst. Private to "of": f.
"broadcast" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- broadcast ← bbroadcast · boradcast · braodcast · broacdast · broadacst · broadcasst · broadcastt · broadcats
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "broadcast" and "of" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "broadcast" vs "of" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "broadcast" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "broadcast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,350,480 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "broadcast" and "of" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "broadcast vs puzzles". 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 #1,350,480 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.