breeder

/ˈbɹiːdɚ/

//ˈbɹiːdɚ// noun

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"breeder" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“breeder” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,258
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

Corpus desk

Index EN-breeder · breeder · English

breeder · rank #18,258 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,258
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH breaches

Nearest frequency peer: breaches (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “breeder”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “breeder” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

breeder vs breeze
71% similar
breeder vs breeds
71% similar
breeder vs brewer
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for breeder
PropertyValue
Headwordbreeder
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɹiːdɚ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,258
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “breeder”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).breederlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “breaches” (#18,257), “burying” (#18,259), “Braun” (#18,256). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “breeder” is #18,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around breeder (IPA /ˈbɹiːdɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,258 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of breeder reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.
  3. 3
    A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.
  4. 4
    A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.
  5. 5
    A heterosexual person; one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding; straggot.
  6. 6
    A 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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how breeder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Breeders have figured out that if they can take one haploid set of chromosomes from a cross and copy it (or double it creating a double haploid), they will have a pure line almost instantly.
  2. I was wondering if anyone out there could mail me a base for MIT's 'breeder' - the one with 8? puffer trains forming glider-guns. I've seen in in^([sic]) a few books but can't seem to get it working ...

Etymology

From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch broeier (“brooder, vagrant”).

This word in other languages

criador(Español)éleveur(Français)Züchter(Deutsch)criador(Português)

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.

bbreeder1bereder2bredeer2breder1breedder1breederr1breedre2breeedr2
Edit distance from "breeder"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "breeder"?
"breeder" is spelled B-R-E-E-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɹiːdɚ/.
What does "breeder" mean?
As a noun, "breeder" means: A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
What words are commonly confused with "breeder"?
"breeder" is commonly confused with "breeze", "breeds", "brewer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "breeder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breeder" is /ˈbɹiːdɚ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "breeder"?
From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch broeier (“brooder, vagrant”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breeder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

burying#18,259blowjob#18,250catfish#18,266bedside#18,246

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

cupcake10 variantsdreaded10 variantswheeled10 variantstyrant10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list