break

\bʁɛk\

/\bʁɛk\/ noun

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The verdict

“break” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,793
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Automobile dont le coffre est agrandi en hauteur et peut généralement communiquer avec l'habitacle en baissant le dossier de la banquette arrière amovible pour augmenter le volume utile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-break · break · French

break · rank #7,793 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,793
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brave

Nearest frequency peer: brave (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « break »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « break » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

break vs bref
60% similar
break vs Brel
40% similar
break vs bret
60% similar

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

Key facts for break
PropertyValue
Headwordbreak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɛk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,793
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « break »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).breakse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brave » (#7,792), « Brunswick » (#7,794), « boit » (#7,791). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « break » est au #7,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around break (IPA \bʁɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,793 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for break, with forms such as "bbreak", "berak", and "braek". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bref", "Brel", "bret", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is break, spelled B-R-E-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Automobile dont le coffre est agrandi en hauteur et peut généralement communiquer avec l'habitacle en baissant le dossier de la banquette arrière amovible pour augmenter le volume utile.
  2. 2
    Voiture hippomobile destinée au dressage des chevaux
  3. 3
    Type de voiture hippomobile qui a un siège élevé sur le devant et deux banquettes sur le derrière, dans le sens de la longueur et se faisant face.
  4. 4
    Courte interruption de la rythmique, de une à quelques mesures, à la fin de l'exposé d'un thème (ou d'une section de thème), pour lancer un solo.
  5. 5
    Courte pause.
  6. 6
    Congé.
  7. 7
    Jeu gagné par le receveur, par le joueur qui ne sert pas.
  8. 8
    Danse d’origine nord-américaine liée à la culture hip-hop impliquant des figures acrobatiques au sol, des poses et des balancements des jambes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fabio remarqua la Renault Mégane break, aux vitres teintées, qui était garée le long du trottoir d’en face.
  2. Un élégant break destiné aux dames, et conduit à grandes guides, permettait à son cocher de montrer son adresse dans les savantes manœuvres du « four in hand ».

Antonyms

berline

This word in other languages

station wagon(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbreak
  • berak
  • braek
  • breakk
  • breka
  • brreak
  • rbeak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of break - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbreak1berak2braek2breakk1breka2brreak1rbeak2
Edit distance from "break"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "break"?
"break" is spelled B-R-E-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɛk\.
What does "break" mean?
As a noun, "break" means: Automobile dont le coffre est agrandi en hauteur et peut généralement communiquer avec l'habitacle en baissant le dossier de la banquette arrière amovible pour augmenter le volume utile.
What words are commonly confused with "break"?
"break" is commonly confused with "bref", "Brel", "bret". 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 \bʁɛk\. 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 French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brave#7,792Billy#7,789avoué#7,786tirés#7,765

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

santa7 variantsgrippe7 variantsQatar7 variantsjugée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list