breathy
/ˈbɹɛθi/
"breathy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breathy” is uncommon English (frequency #63,479 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,479
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accompanied by audible breathing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breathy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɛθi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breathy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
breathy is uncommon English at frequency #63,479 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɹɛθi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accompanied by audible breathing.".
breathy has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From breath + -y. The correct English form is breathy, spelled B-R-E-A-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Accompanied by audible breathing.
Etymology
From breath + -y.
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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Using “breathy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-A-T-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.