breakdance
/ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/
"breakdance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breakdance” is uncommon English (frequency #96,801 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,801
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-breakdance · breakdance · English
breakdance · rank #96,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,801
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH breaky
Nearest frequency peer: breaky (+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 “breakdance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bodi
Bodi
3,209 corpus weight
- Borda
Borda
3,207 corpus weight
- Bramhall
Bramhall
3,203 corpus weight
- breakdance
breakdance
3,200 corpus weight
- breaky
breaky
3,199 corpus weight
- Brunetti
Brunetti
3,192 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “breakdance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breakdance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “breakdance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
breakdance is uncommon English at frequency #96,801 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for breakdance in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music. The correct English form is breakdance, spelled B-R-E-A-K-D-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how breakdance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
B-boys -- or breakdance boys -- have been spotted in Coca-Cola and Sprite advertisements.
Etymology
From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music.
This word in other languages
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.
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