breiter

Name: breiter, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]

/[ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“breiter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,519
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit

Corpus desk

Index DE-breiter · breiter · German

breiter · rank #6,519 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,519
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH blicke

Nearest frequency peer: blicke (-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.

Bewerber

93,485
Blase

93,484
blicke

93,483
breiter

93,482
bremsen

93,481
bull

93,480

What this shows „breiter“ 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).

breiter vs Brite

57% similar

breiter vs Briten

57% similar

breiter vs Bremer

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for breiter
Property	Value
Headword	breiter
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#6,519
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „breiter“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.breiterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#6,519

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „blicke“ (#6,518), „bremsen“ (#6,520), „Blase“ (#6,517). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „breiter“ bei #6,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around breiter (IPA [ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,519 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for breiter, with forms such as "bbreiter", "beriter", and "breietr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Brite", "Briten", "Bremer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is breiter, spelled B-R-E-I-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbreiter
beriter
breietr
breiterr
breitre
breitter
bretier
brieter
brreiter
rbeiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breiter - 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.

Edit distance from "breiter"

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 "breiter"?

"breiter" is spelled B-R-E-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ].

What does "breiter" mean?

As an adjective, "breiter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit

What words are commonly confused with "breiter"?

"breiter" is commonly confused with "Brite", "Briten", "Bremer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "breiter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breiter" is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "breiter" come from?

"breiter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breiter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bremsen#6,520 berühmt#6,511 duschen#6,527 ernannt#6,531

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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