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“breaker” and “breakers” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,925
- “breaker” frequency rank
- #16,654
- “breakers” frequency rank
- 29579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breaker | breakers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Something that breaks (something else). | plural of breaker |
Where the eye mixes breaker and breakers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: breaker vs breakers
A purely visual mix-up. breaker (/ˈbɹeɪkə/) and breakers (/ˈbɹeɪ̯kəs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “breaker” sits inside “breakers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breaker is recorded at frequency rank #12,925, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɹeɪkə/. breakers is at rank #16,654, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɹeɪ̯kəs/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29579, this pair ranks #361,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of breaker vs breakers
Shared letters: abekr. Private to "breaker": -. Private to "breakers": s.
"breaker" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "breakers" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "breaker" and "breakers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "breaker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breakers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breaker" and "breakers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beamer vs breaker". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #361,799 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.