brava
/ˈbɹɑ.və/
"brava" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brava” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,347
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer
Corpus desk
Index EN-brava · brava · English
brava · rank #46,347 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,347
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH brawling
Nearest frequency peer: brawling (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “brava”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bly
bly
53,658 corpus weight
- bodhi
bodhi
53,657 corpus weight
- bookmaker
bookmaker
53,656 corpus weight
- brava
brava
53,654 corpus weight
- brawling
brawling
53,653 corpus weight
- Brezhnev
Brezhnev
53,651 corpus weight
What this shows “brava” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | brava |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɑ.və/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “brava”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around brava (IPA /ˈbɹɑ.və/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #46,347 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for brava, with forms such as "barva", "bbrava", and "braav". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bray", "bruv", "Brea", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian brava, feminine of bravo. The correct English form is brava, spelled B-R-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brava appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
BRAVA! Brava! Brava! to Caryl Rivers for her article “Why Can't Hollywood See That 35 Is Beautiful, Too?” It's about time people recognized the double standard in films where men and women are concerned.
When ballet stars perform in San Francisco, they always dine at Bali’s, the domain of a Manchurian-born Armenian, owner Armen Baliantz. […] An ex-ballerina herself, she has now brought all her discipline, grace, and charm to the running of Bali’s, and all we can say is “brava!”
Etymology
From Italian brava, feminine of bravo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- barva
- bbrava
- braav
- bravva
- brrava
- brvaa
- rbava
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brava - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brava", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).