Brasilia

[bʁaˈziːli̯a]

/[bʁaˈziːli̯a]/ name

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The verdict

“Brasilia” is uncommon German (frequency #65,058 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,058
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Brasilien

Corpus desk

Index DE-brasilia · Brasilia · German

Brasilia · rank #65,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,058
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brasilianisch…

Nearest frequency peer: brasilianisches (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Brasilia“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brasilia“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brasilia
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrasilia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[bʁaˈziːli̯a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brasilia“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Brasiliafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brasilianisches“ (#65,059), „Bommel“ (#65,056), „Bratsche“ (#65,060). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brasilia“ bei #65,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brasilia is uncommon German at frequency #65,058 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bʁaˈziːli̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Brasilien".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Brasilia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Brasilia, spelled B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt von Brasilien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Brasilia wurde als Hauptstadt geplant und gebaut.
  2. Im Vergleich zu São Paulo und Rio de Janeiro hat Brasilia nicht so viele Einwohner.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brasilia"?
"Brasilia" is spelled B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁaˈziːli̯a].
What does "Brasilia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Brasilia" means: Hauptstadt von Brasilien
How do you pronounce "Brasilia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brasilia" is [bʁaˈziːli̯a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brasilia" come from?
"Brasilia" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bratsche#65,060Breisach#65,061Biotonne#65,047Bestands#65,038

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list