Which to use
“breve” and “breves” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,888
- “breve” frequency rank
- #9,414
- “breves” frequency rank
- 11302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breve | breves |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que tiene poca extensión u ocupa poco espacio. | Forma del plural de breve. |
Where the eye mixes breve and breves
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. breve runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against breves's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: breve vs breves
A purely visual mix-up. breve ([ˈbɾeβ̞e]) and breves ([ˈbɾeβ̞es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “breve” sits inside “breves”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breve is recorded at frequency rank #1,888, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbɾeβ̞e]. breves is at rank #9,414, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbɾeβ̞es].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 11302, this pair ranks #295,587 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of breve vs breves
Shared letters: berv. Private to "breve": -. Private to "breves": s.
"breve" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "breves" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "breve" and "breves" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "breve" or "breves" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "breve" and "breves" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "breve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,587 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breve" and "breves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bremen vs breves". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #295,587 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.