Which to use
“breeze” and “breezes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,761
- “breeze” frequency rank
- #32,303
- “breezes” frequency rank
- 41064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breeze | breezes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A light, gentle wind. | plural of breeze |
Where the eye mixes breeze and breezes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. breeze runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against breezes's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: breeze vs breezes
A purely visual mix-up. breeze (/bɹiːz/) and breezes (/ˈbɹiːzɪz/) 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) - “breeze” sits inside “breezes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breeze is recorded at frequency rank #8,761, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɹiːz/. breezes is at rank #32,303, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɹiːzɪz/.
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 41064, this pair ranks #261,824 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of breeze vs breezes
Shared letters: berz. Private to "breeze": -. Private to "breezes": s.
"breeze" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "breezes" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "breeze" for "breezes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "breeze" vs "breezes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "breeze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breezes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,824 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breeze" and "breezes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breeches vs breezes". 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 #261,824 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.