breiten
[ˈbʁaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“breiten” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,429
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Zusammengelegtes, das wenig Platz einnimmt, auseinandernehmen und mehr Platz einnehmen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-breiten · breiten · German
breiten · rank #3,429 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,429
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bleibe
Nearest frequency peer: Bleibe (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „breiten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bauch
Bauch
96,575 corpus weight
- beziehungsw…
beziehungsweise
96,574 corpus weight
- Bleibe
Bleibe
96,573 corpus weight
- breiten
breiten
96,572 corpus weight
- cent
cent
96,571 corpus weight
- CUP
CUP
96,570 corpus weight
What this shows „breiten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | breiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „breiten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around breiten (IPA [ˈbʁaɪ̯tn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,429 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for breiten, with forms such as "bbreiten", "beriten", and "breietn". 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, "Brite", "Bremen", "Briten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is breiten, spelled B-R-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Zusammengelegtes, das wenig Platz einnimmt, auseinandernehmen und mehr Platz einnehmen lassen
- 2zum Gruß/Willkommen die Arme öffnen; die Flügel spreizen
- 3mehr Platz einnehmen, sich ausbreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how breiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er breitete das karierte Tischtuch über den Terrassentisch.
Corinna breitet die Arme und lächelt den Schwiegereltern entgegen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbreiten
- beriten
- breietn
- breitenn
- breitne
- breitten
- bretien
- brieten
- brreiten
- rbeiten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breiten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breiten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).