breadwinner
/ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/
"breadwinner" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breadwinner” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,544
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The primary income-earner in a household.
Corpus desk
Index EN-breadwinner · breadwinner · English
breadwinner · rank #43,544 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,544
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH brainwash
Nearest frequency peer: brainwash (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “breadwinner”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- brags
brags
56,459 corpus weight
- brainwash
brainwash
56,458 corpus weight
- breadwinner
breadwinner
56,457 corpus weight
- Bridgend
Bridgend
56,456 corpus weight
- bulbous
bulbous
56,454 corpus weight
- Bunbury
Bunbury
56,453 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “breadwinner” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breadwinner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #43,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breadwinner” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around breadwinner (IPA /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,544 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The primary income-earner in a household.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for breadwinner, with forms such as "bbreadwinner", "beradwinner", and "braedwinner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”). The correct English form is breadwinner, spelled B-R-E-A-D-W-I-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1The primary income-earner in a household.
Etymology
From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbreadwinner
- beradwinner
- braedwinner
- breaddwinner
- breadiwnner
- breadwinenr
- breadwiner
- breadwinnerr
- breadwinnre
- breadwniner
- breadwwinner
- breawdinner
- bredawinner
- brreadwinner
- rbeadwinner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breadwinner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breadwinner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.