breed

[briːd]

/[briːd]/ noun

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The verdict

“breed” is an uncommon German word, ranked #87,518 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#87,518
frequency rank, German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rasse

Key facts for breed
PropertyValue
Headwordbreed
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[briːd]
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “breed” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). breed lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for breed is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [briːd]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,518 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rasse".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for breed, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is breed, spelled B-R-E-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rasse

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 "breed"?
"breed" is spelled B-R-E-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is [briːd].
What does "breed" mean?
As a noun, "breed" means: Rasse
How do you pronounce "breed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breed" is [briːd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "breed" come from?
"breed" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “breed”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-R-E-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [briːd] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list