Breitseite
[ˈbʁaɪ̯tˌzaɪ̯tə]
The verdict
“Breitseite” is uncommon German (frequency #57,731 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,731
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - systematisches Schießen mit allen auf einer Seite eines Schiffes befindlichen Geschützen
| 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) |
Where “Breitseite” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Breitseite is uncommon German at frequency #57,731 among 72,680 “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)
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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Using “Breitseite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-E-I-T-S-E-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.