breaking

/[…]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,242

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

breaking is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break Pronounced […]. Often confused with of and ii.

Key facts for breaking
PropertyValue
Headwordbreaking
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,242
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of breaking in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for breaking is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,242 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for breaking, with forms such as "bbreaking", "beraking", and "braeking". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is breaking, spelled B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbreaking,beraking,braeking,breaikng,breakign,breakingg,breakinng,breakking,breaknig,brekaing,brreaking,rbeaking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for breaking

Misspelling Variants of "breaking"

bbreaking9beraking8braeking8breaikng8breakign8breakingg9breakinng9breakking9
Misspelling Variants of "breaking"

Frequency rank: #17,242 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "breaking"?
"breaking" is spelled B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "breaking" mean?
As a verb, "breaking" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break
What words are commonly confused with "breaking"?
"breaking" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "breaking"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breaking" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "breaking" come from?
"breaking" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.