breach of promise
"breach-of-promise" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breach of promise” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breach, promise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breach of promise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breach of promise” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
breach of promise is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
breach of promise has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is breach of promise, spelled B-R-E-A-C-H- -O-F- -P-R-O-M-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breach, promise.
- 2A tort in common law arising when a man withdraws an earlier promise to marry a woman; abolished in many jurisdictions.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “breach of promise”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-A-C-H- -O-F- -P-R-O-M-I-S-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.