brillante

[bʁɪlˈjantə]

/[bʁɪlˈjantə]/ adj

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The verdict

“brillante” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,047
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant

Corpus desk

Index DE-brillante · brillante · German

brillante · rank #29,047 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,047
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brennstoffe

Nearest frequency peer: Brennstoffe (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „brillante“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „brillante“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

brillante vs brisante
78% similar
brillante vs brilliant
78% similar
brillante vs brillanten
90% similar

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

Key facts for brillante
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bʁɪlˈjantə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,047
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „brillante“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.brillanteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Brennstoffe“ (#29,046), „boomer“ (#29,045), „butterfly“ (#29,050). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brillante“ bei #29,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around brillante (IPA [bʁɪlˈjantə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,047 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for brillante, with forms such as "bbrillante", "birllante", and "brilalnte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "brisante", "brilliant", "brillanten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is brillante, spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbrillante
  • birllante
  • brilalnte
  • brilante
  • brillanet
  • brillannte
  • brillantte
  • brillatne
  • brillnate
  • brlilante
  • brrillante
  • rbillante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brillante - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbrillante1birllante2brilalnte2brilante1brillanet2brillannte1brillantte1brillatne2
Edit distance from "brillante"

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 "brillante"?
"brillante" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁɪlˈjantə].
What does "brillante" mean?
As an adjective, "brillante" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brillant
What words are commonly confused with "brillante"?
"brillante" is commonly confused with "brisante", "brilliant", "brillanten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brillante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brillante" is [bʁɪlˈjantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brillante" come from?
"brillante" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

butterfly#29,050bösartige#29,052Blockaden#29,041beziffert#29,037

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bestünde12 variantsbelagert12 variantsAustralia12 variantsausbrach12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list