# bread vs brève

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bread
*noun · IPA \bɹɛd\ · frequency rank #48,371*
Pain.

### brève
*noun · IPA \bʁɛv\ · frequency rank #8,347*
Syllabes, voyelles qu’on prononce rapidement.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/bread-vs-breve