breccia
/ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/
"breccia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breccia” is uncommon English (frequency #80,268 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,268
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
Corpus desk
Index EN-breccia · breccia · English
breccia · rank #80,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,268
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH breakdancing
Nearest frequency peer: breakdancing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “breccia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- braggart
braggart
19,736 corpus weight
- breakdancing
breakdancing
19,734 corpus weight
- breccia
breccia
19,733 corpus weight
- brekkie
brekkie
19,732 corpus weight
- Breville
Breville
19,731 corpus weight
- Brookville
Brookville
19,730 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “breccia” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breccia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breccia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
breccia is uncommon English at frequency #80,268 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for breccia, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is breccia, spelled B-R-E-C-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
Etymology
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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency 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.