breaststroke
/ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/
"breaststroke" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breaststroke” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,065
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breaststroke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #43,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breaststroke” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around breaststroke (IPA /ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,065 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for breaststroke, with forms such as "bbreaststroke", "beraststroke", and "braeststroke". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From breast + stroke. The correct English form is breaststroke, spelled B-R-E-A-S-T-S-T-R-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
Etymology
From breast + stroke.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbreaststroke
- beraststroke
- braeststroke
- breasststroke
- breassttroke
- breastsrtoke
- breastsstroke
- breaststorke
- breaststrkoe
- breaststroek
- breaststrokke
- breaststrroke
- breaststtroke
- breasttsroke
- breasttstroke
- breatsstroke
- bresatstroke
- brreaststroke
- rbeaststroke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breaststroke - 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.
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Using “breaststroke”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-A-S-T-S-T-R-O-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.