Brasilia
"brasilia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Brasilia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,633 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #48,633
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of Brasília.
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 | Brasilia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brasilia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Brasilia is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #48,633 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative spelling of Brasília.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brasilia, with forms such as "barsilia", "bbrasilia", and "braislia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Brazilian", "basilica", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 English form is Brasilia, spelled B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of Brasília.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: barsilia,bbrasilia,braislia,brasiila,brasilai,brasillia,brasliia,brassilia,brrasilia,brsailia,rbasilia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brasilia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Brasilia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Brazilian” - see the side-by-side comparison. Brasilia vs Brazilian
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.