Which to use
“breasts” and “breaths” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,774
- “breasts” frequency rank
- #19,772
- “breaths” frequency rank
- 27546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breasts | breaths |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of breast | plural of breath |
Where the eye mixes breasts and breaths
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. breasts and breaths follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between breasts and breaths
A purely visual mix-up. breasts (/bɹɛsts/) and breaths (/bɹɛθs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breasts is recorded at frequency rank #7,774, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɹɛsts/. breaths is at rank #19,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɹɛθs/.
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 27546, this pair ranks #378,064 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of breasts vs breaths
Shared letters: aberst. Private to "breasts": -. Private to "breaths": h.
"breasts" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "breaths" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "breasts" and "breaths" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "breasts" or "breaths"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "breasts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breaths" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,064 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breasts" and "breaths" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bests vs breasts". 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 #378,064 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.