breeze
/bɹiːz/
"breeze" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breeze” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,761 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,761
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A light, gentle wind.
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 | breeze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɹiːz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breeze” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for breeze is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɹiːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,761 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for breeze, with forms such as "bbreeze", "bereze", and "breeez". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "bronze", "breezy", "breezes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bri… The correct English form is breeze, spelled B-R-E-E-Z-E.
Definition
- 1A light, gentle wind.
- 2Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- 3Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
- 4An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- 5A brief workout for a racehorse.
Etymology
From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a modification of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted. Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbreeze,bereze,breeez,breezze,breze,brezee,brreeze,rbeeze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breeze - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “breeze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-E-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɹiːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bronze” - see the side-by-side comparison. breeze vs bronze
- 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.