breeder
/ˈbɹiːdɚ/
"breeder" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breeder” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,258 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,258
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breeder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹiːdɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breeder” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for breeder is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɹiːdɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,258 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for breeder, with forms such as "bbreeder", "bereder", and "bredeer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "breeze", "breeds", "brewer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch broeier (“brooder, vagrant”). The correct English form is breeder, spelled B-R-E-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
- 2Ellipsis of breeder reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.
- 3A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.
- 4A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.
- 5A heterosexual person; one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding; straggot.
- 6A 40-gallon fish tank, sometimes used to breed fish that is low in height and wide in length, typically measuring 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 16 inches high, making it and shallower than a typical 40-gallon aquarium.
Etymology
From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch broeier (“brooder, vagrant”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbreeder,bereder,bredeer,breder,breedder,breederr,breedre,breeedr,brreeder,rbeeder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breeder - 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 “breeder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-E-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɹiːdɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “breeze” - see the side-by-side comparison. breeder vs breeze
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.