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brazil

bra·zil/bɹəˈzɪl/noun

brazil is spelled B-R-A-Z-I-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables (bra·zil). It appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Brazil, the name). As a noun, brazil means “The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brazil is brazils.

How many letters and syllables are in brazil?

Letters6: B-R-A-Z-I-L
Syllables2: bra·zil
In writing38 times per million words; the 2,581st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is brazil?

Brazil appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Brazil, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce brazil?

  • /bɹəˈzɪl/

Brazil has 2 syllables, split bra·zil in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Brazil.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with brazil

Also written: brazile.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of brazil

  • brazils plural
  • brasil

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does brazil mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.

  2. 2

    The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata.

  3. 3

    A Brazil nut.

    I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.

  4. 4

    A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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