Breisach
[ˈbʁaɪ̯zax]
The verdict
“Breisach” is uncommon German (frequency #65,061 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,061
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Breisach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaɪ̯zax] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Breisach” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Breisach is uncommon German at frequency #65,061 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbʁaɪ̯zax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Breisach, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Breisach, spelled B-R-E-I-S-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
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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Using “Breisach”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-E-I-S-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁaɪ̯zax] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.