breadfruit

/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/

//ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt// noun

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"breadfruit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“breadfruit” is uncommon English (frequency #69,698 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,698
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

Corpus desk

Index EN-breadfruit · breadfruit · English

breadfruit · rank #69,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,698
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH boxwood

Nearest frequency peer: boxwood (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “breadfruit”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “breadfruit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for breadfruit
PropertyValue
Headwordbreadfruit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “breadfruit” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).breadfruitfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “boxwood” (#69,697), “Bourg” (#69,695), “borscht” (#69,694). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “breadfruit” is #69,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

breadfruit is uncommon English at frequency #69,698 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for breadfruit, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)). The correct English form is breadfruit, spelled B-R-E-A-D-F-R-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
  2. 2
    The large round fruit of this tree.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how breadfruit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
  2. There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.

Etymology

Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

Synonyms

breadfruit tree

This word in other languages

pana(Español)arbre à pain(Français)Brotfruchtbaum(Deutsch)

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "breadfruit"?
"breadfruit" is spelled B-R-E-A-D-F-R-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/.
What does "breadfruit" mean?
As a noun, "breadfruit" means: An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
How do you pronounce "breadfruit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breadfruit" is /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "breadfruit"?
Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breadfruit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list