break

/[bɾeˈak]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,281

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

break is aSpanishnoun. It means: Intermisión o breve suspensión de una actividad. Pronounced [bɾeˈak]. Often confused with breve and brick.

Key facts for break
PropertyValue
Headwordbreak
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɾeˈak]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,281
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of break in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for break is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɾeˈak]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,281 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for break, with forms such as "bbreak", "berak", and "braek". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "breve", "brick", "brook", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is break, spelled B-R-E-A-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intermisión o breve suspensión de una actividad.
  2. 2
    Interludio instrumental o de percusión durante una canción relacionado con un tiempo de descanso respecto a las partes principales de la canción, a veces es traducido como corte o respiro.
  3. 3
    Breakdown.
  4. 4
    Carruaje grande de cuatro ruedas, de cuerpo recto, con asiento de chofer al frente.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbreak,berak,braek,breakk,breka,brreak,rbeak,vreak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for break

Misspelling Variants of "break"

bbreak6berak5braek5breakk6breka5brreak6rbeak5vreak5
Misspelling Variants of "break"

Frequency rank: #16,281 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "break"?
"break" is spelled B-R-E-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is [bɾeˈak].
What does "break" mean?
As a noun, "break" means: Intermisión o breve suspensión de una actividad.
What words are commonly confused with "break"?
"break" is commonly confused with "breve", "brick", "brook". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "break"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "break" is [bɾeˈak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "break" come from?
"break" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.