Bretagne
[bʁəˈtanjə]
The verdict
“Bretagne” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #26,342 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #26,342
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Region im Nordwesten Frankreichs
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bretagne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bʁəˈtanjə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bretagne” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bretagne is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁəˈtanjə]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,342 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bretagne, with forms such as "bbretagne", "bertagne", and "breatgne". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Bretagne, spelled B-R-E-T-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Region im Nordwesten Frankreichs
- 2größte Halbinsel Frankreichs
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbretagne,bertagne,breatgne,bretagen,bretaggne,bretagnne,bretange,bretgane,brettagne,brretagne,brteagne,rbetagne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bretagne - 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.
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Using “Bretagne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-E-T-A-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bʁəˈtanjə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.