bread

[bɹɛd]

/[bɹɛd]/ noun

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The verdict

“bread” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,022
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Brot

Corpus desk

Index DE-bread · bread · German

bread · rank #48,022 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,022
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bourgeois

Nearest frequency peer: bourgeois (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bread“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bread“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bread vs Brei
40% similar
bread vs breit
60% similar
bread vs Brian
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bread
PropertyValue
Headwordbread
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɹɛd]
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,022
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bread“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).breadliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bourgeois“ (#48,021), „Britin“ (#48,023), „Borneo“ (#48,020). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bread“ bei #48,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bread (IPA [bɹɛd]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,022 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bread, with forms such as "bbread", "berad", and "braed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brei", "breit", "Brian", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bread, spelled B-R-E-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Brot
  2. 2
    die Brotsorte
  3. 3
    das Geld

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bread appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He went to the bakery to buy some bread.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbread
  • berad
  • braed
  • breadd
  • breda
  • brread
  • rbead

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bread - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbread1berad2braed2breadd1breda2brread1rbead2
Edit distance from "bread"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bread"?
"bread" is spelled B-R-E-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bɹɛd].
What does "bread" mean?
As a noun, "bread" means: das Brot
What words are commonly confused with "bread"?
"bread" is commonly confused with "Brei", "breit", "Brian". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bread"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bread" is [bɹɛd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bread" come from?
"bread" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bread", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

britt#48,024brody#48,025bonne#48,018bryce#48,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

beweg7 variantsBetone7 variantscurve7 variantsCVJM7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list