breve
[ˈbɾeβ̞e]
The verdict
“breve” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,888
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene poca extensión u ocupa poco espacio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-breve · breve · Spanish
breve · rank #1,888 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,888
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bonito
Nearest frequency peer: bonito (-1 rank slots)
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 “breve”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- agentes
agentes
98,116 corpus weight
- as
as
98,115 corpus weight
- bonito
bonito
98,114 corpus weight
- breve
breve
98,113 corpus weight
- capítulo
capítulo
98,112 corpus weight
- clientes
clientes
98,111 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “breve” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | breve |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbɾeβ̞e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breve” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around breve (IPA [ˈbɾeβ̞e]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,888 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for breve, with forms such as "bbreve", "berve", and "brebe". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "brie", "brote", "breves", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct Spanish form is breve, spelled B-R-E-V-E.
Definition
- 1Que tiene poca extensión u ocupa poco espacio.
- 2Que dura poco tiempo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbreve
- berve
- brebe
- breev
- brevve
- brreve
- brvee
- rbeve
- vreve
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breve - 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 Spanish 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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breve", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "breve". Here's where to go from here.
- "breve" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "brie". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,888 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.