Breitseite
[ˈbʁaɪ̯tˌzaɪ̯tə]
The verdict
“Breitseite” is uncommon German (frequency #57,731 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,731
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - systematisches Schießen mit allen auf einer Seite eines Schiffes befindlichen Geschützen
Corpus desk
Index DE-breitseite · Breitseite · German
Breitseite · rank #57,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,731
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH breakdance
Nearest frequency peer: breakdance (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Breitseite“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Brausen
Brausen
42,273 corpus weight
- breakdance
breakdance
42,271 corpus weight
- Breitseite
Breitseite
42,270 corpus weight
- bremischen
bremischen
42,269 corpus weight
- bride
bride
42,268 corpus weight
- Brombeeren
Brombeeren
42,266 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Breitseite“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Breitseite |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaɪ̯tˌzaɪ̯tə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Breitseite“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Breitseite is uncommon German at frequency #57,731 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁaɪ̯tˌzaɪ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Breitseite in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Breitseite, spelled B-R-E-I-T-S-E-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1systematisches Schießen mit allen auf einer Seite eines Schiffes befindlichen Geschützen
- 2ein Einschüchterungsversuch (in einer Diskussion)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Breitseite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie gaben den Piraten volle Breitseite.
„Mein Warnschrei ging im Donner einer vollen Breitseite unter.“
This word in other languages
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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