Which to use
“break” and “breath” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,481
- “break” frequency rank
- #36,350
- “breath” frequency rank
- 46831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | break | breath |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | chance | respiração |
Letter map: break vs breath
Shared letters muted; letters that set break and breath apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. break runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against breath's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - break / breath
break and breath are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
break is recorded at frequency rank #10,481, classified as anoun. breath is at rank #36,350, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɹɛθ/, enPR: brĕth.
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 46831, this pair ranks #18,477 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of break vs breath
Shared letters: aber. Private to "break": k. Private to "breath": ht.
"break" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "breath" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "break" and "breath" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "break" or "breath" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "break" and "breath".
- Full dictionary entry for "break" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "breath" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,477 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "break" and "breath" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breath vs breathe". 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 #18,477 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.