breath

\breθ\

/\breθ\/ noun

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The verdict

“breath” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,640
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souffle, haleine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-breath · breath · French

breath · rank #40,640 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,640
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bre

Nearest frequency peer: bre (-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 « breath »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « breath » 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).

breath vs bret
67% similar
breath vs Brest
50% similar
breath vs Brett
50% similar

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

Key facts for breath
PropertyValue
Headwordbreath
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\breθ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,640
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « breath »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).breathse 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 « bre » (#40,639), « brandy » (#40,638), « bucket » (#40,642). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « breath » est au #40,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around breath (IPA \breθ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,640 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for breath, with forms such as "bbreath", "berath", and "braeth". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "bret", "Brest", "Brett", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is breath, spelled B-R-E-A-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souffle, haleine.
  2. 2
    Souffle, agitation de l’air.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The moisture in her breath condensed in the cold air.
  2. a breath of fresh air

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbreath
  • berath
  • braeth
  • breaht
  • breathh
  • breatth
  • bretah
  • brreath
  • rbeath

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of breath - 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.

bbreath1berath2braeth2breaht2breathh1breatth1bretah2brreath1
Edit distance from "breath"

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 "breath"?
"breath" is spelled B-R-E-A-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is \breθ\.
What does "breath" mean?
As a noun, "breath" means: Souffle, haleine.
What words are commonly confused with "breath"?
"breath" is commonly confused with "bret", "Brest", "Brett". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "breath"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breath" is \breθ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "breath" come from?
"breath" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brandy#40,638bucket#40,642branch#40,637bouvet#40,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bouseux9 variantsBornéo9 variantsBorges9 variantsBaudry9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list