breakpoint

noun

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

The verdict

“breakpoint” is uncommon English (frequency #59,245 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,245
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.

Key facts for breakpoint
PropertyValue
Headwordbreakpoint
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “breakpoint” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). breakpoint lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

breakpoint is uncommon English at frequency #59,245 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for breakpoint in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From break + point. The correct English form is breakpoint, spelled B-R-E-A-K-P-O-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
  2. 2
    A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
  3. 3
    The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
  4. 4
    A viewport width at which a web page is programmed to adjust the properties (such as position, size, or visibility) of certain elements within the page.

Etymology

From break + point.

This word in other languages

point d'arrêt(Français)Haltepunkt(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 "breakpoint"?
"breakpoint" is spelled B-R-E-A-K-P-O-I-N-T.
What does "breakpoint" mean?
As a noun, "breakpoint" means: A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
What is the origin of the word "breakpoint"?
From break + point. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “breakpoint”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-A-K-P-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list