breit
[bʁaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“breit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,332
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - horizontal seitlich ausgedehnt (in Links-Rechts-Richtung)
Corpus desk
Index DE-breit · breit · German
breit · rank #2,332 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,332
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brandenburg
Nearest frequency peer: Brandenburg (-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 “breit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Beweis
Beweis
97,672 corpus weight
- black
black
97,671 corpus weight
- Brandenburg
Brandenburg
97,670 corpus weight
- breit
breit
97,669 corpus weight
- Drogen
Drogen
97,668 corpus weight
- einfacher
einfacher
97,667 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “breit” 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 | breit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bʁaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breit” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around breit (IPA [bʁaɪ̯t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,332 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for breit, with forms such as "bbreit", "berit", and "breitt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brot", "brut", "Brust", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is breit, spelled B-R-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1horizontal seitlich ausgedehnt (in Links-Rechts-Richtung)
- 2einen großen Teil der Zielgruppe umfassend
- 3betrunken, berauscht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how breit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schrank ist 2 Meter breit.
Die Straße war nicht breit genug.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbreit
- berit
- breitt
- breti
- briet
- brreit
- rbeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breit", 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 "breit". Here's where to go from here.
- "breit" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Brot". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,332 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.