brechen

/[ˈbʁɛçn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,876

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brechen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas zerkleinern, durch Kraft in mehrere Stücke zerlegen Pronounced [ˈbʁɛçn̩]. It ranks #3,876 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bremen and buchen.

Key facts for brechen
PropertyValue
Headwordbrechen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbʁɛçn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,876
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for brechen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁɛçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,876 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for brechen, with forms such as "bbrechen", "berchen", and "brcehen". 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, "Bremen", "buchen", "brecht", 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 brechen, spelled B-R-E-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas zerkleinern, durch Kraft in mehrere Stücke zerlegen
  2. 2
    äußerer Belastung nicht mehr standhalten können
  3. 3
    (Strahlen) etwas Gerichtetes in einem Winkel ablenken
  4. 4
    ein (abstraktes) Hindernis zunichte machen
  5. 5
    die bestehende Verbindung zu etwas lösen
  6. 6
    die bestehende Beziehung zu jemandem abbrechen, nicht mehr mit ihm verkehren
  7. 7
    (Regeln, Gesetze, Üblichkeiten und Ähnliches) übertreten, nicht einhalten
  8. 8
    plötzlich hervorkommen
  9. 9
    sich übergeben; sich erbrechen
  10. 10
    den Boden aufwühlen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrechen,berchen,brcehen,brecchen,brecehn,brechenn,brechhen,brechne,brehcen,brrechen,rbechen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brechen

Misspelling Variants of "brechen"

bbrechen8berchen7brcehen7brecchen8brecehn7brechenn8brechhen8brechne7
Misspelling Variants of "brechen"

Frequency rank: #3,876 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brechen"?
"brechen" is spelled B-R-E-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁɛçn̩].
What does "brechen" mean?
As a verb, "brechen" means: etwas zerkleinern, durch Kraft in mehrere Stücke zerlegen
What words are commonly confused with "brechen"?
"brechen" is commonly confused with "Bremen", "buchen", "brecht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brechen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brechen" is [ˈbʁɛçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brechen" come from?
"brechen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.