breath
/bɹɛθ/, enPR: brĕth
The verdict
“breath” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,350
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - respiração
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 | breath |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɹɛθ/, enPR: brĕth |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “breath” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around breath (IPA /bɹɛθ/, enPR: brĕth), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,350 among 2,073 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Brett", "breathe", "break", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is breath, spelled B-R-E-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1respiração
- 2fôlego
- 3sopro; lufada
- 4hálito
Synonyms
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 - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “breath”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-E-A-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɹɛθ/, enPR: brĕth (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Brett” - see the side-by-side comparison. breath vs Brett
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.