breccia
/ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/noun
breccia is spelled B-R-E-C-C-I-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, breccia means “A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of breccia is breccias.
How many letters and syllables are in breccia?
| Letters | 7: B-R-E-C-C-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is breccia?
Breccia appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce breccia?
- UK /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/
- US /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/
- US /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/
Breccia has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-breccia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with breccia?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as breccia (/ɛtʃə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: acerbic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of breccia
- breccias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does breccia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Breccia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rock:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does breccia come from?
Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).