# Brazil

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɹəˈzɪl/ · frequency rank #2,570

## Definitions
1. A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
2. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.

## Etymology
From Portuguese Brazil, older spelling of Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), and -il (“-ile, -like, -y”) from Latin -īlis (“adjective suffix”).

## Easily confused with
- **bail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bail-vs-brazil)
- **brain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brain-vs-brazil)
- **basil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basil-vs-brazil)
- **brawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brawl-vs-brazil)
- **braid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braid-vs-brazil)
- **brazen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brazen-vs-brazil)

## Common misspellings (9)
`barzil`, `bbrazil`, `braizl`, `brazill`, `brazli`, `brazzil`, `brrazil`, `brzail`, `rbazil`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brazil