break
[breɪk]
The verdict
“break” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,619
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - brechen; kaputt gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-break · break · German
break · rank #11,619 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,619
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH brauchten
Nearest frequency peer: brauchten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “break”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bobby
Bobby
88,385 corpus weight
- Boeing
Boeing
88,384 corpus weight
- brauchten
brauchten
88,383 corpus weight
- break
break
88,382 corpus weight
- Brenner
Brenner
88,381 corpus weight
- carter
carter
88,380 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “break” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | break |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [breɪk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “break” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around break (IPA [breɪk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,619 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for break, with forms such as "bbreak", "berak", and "braek". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brei", "breit", "Brian", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is break, spelled B-R-E-A-K.
Definition
- 1brechen; kaputt gehen
- 2zerbrechen; zerstören; kaputt machen
- 3(Regel, Rekord, etc.) brechen; schlagen
- 4(Geld) wechseln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how break appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Watch out! It might break if you step on it.
I didn't break it.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbreak
- berak
- braek
- breakk
- breka
- brreak
- rbeak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of break - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "break", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "break". Here's where to go from here.
- "break" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Brei". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,619 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.