# breather

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #28,136

## Definitions
1. Something or someone that breathes.
2. Something or someone that breathes.
3. A short break; a rest or respite.
4. A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
5. That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.
6. An air inlet path to the crankcase

## Etymology
From breathe + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **brother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breather-vs-brother)
- **breaths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breather-vs-breaths)
- **breathes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breather-vs-breathes)
- **breath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breath-vs-breather)
- **beater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beater-vs-breather)
- **breathe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breathe-vs-breather)
- **breaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaker-vs-breather)
- **breached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breached-vs-breather)
- **breaches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaches-vs-breather)
- **breathed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breathed-vs-breather)
- **bleacher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleacher-vs-breather)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbreather`, `berather`, `braether`, `breahter`, `breatehr`, `breatherr`, `breathher`, `breathre`, `breatther`, `bretaher`, `brreather`, `rbeather`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/breather