bravas

/[ˈbɾaβ̞as]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,239

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bravas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de bravo. Pronounced [ˈbɾaβ̞as]. Often confused with bravo and brave.

Key facts for bravas
PropertyValue
Headwordbravas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈbɾaβ̞as]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,239
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bravas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bravas is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɾaβ̞as]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,239 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de bravo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for bravas, with forms such as "barvas", "bbravas", and "braavs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bravo", "brave", "brazos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bravas, spelled B-R-A-V-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de bravo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: barvas,bbravas,braavs,brabas,bravass,bravsa,bravvas,brravas,brvaas,rbavas,vravas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bravas

Misspelling Variants of "bravas"

barvas6bbravas7braavs6brabas6bravass7bravsa6bravvas7brravas7
Misspelling Variants of "bravas"

Frequency rank: #31,239 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bravas"?
"bravas" is spelled B-R-A-V-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɾaβ̞as].
What does "bravas" mean?
As an adj, "bravas" means: Forma del femenino plural de bravo.
What words are commonly confused with "bravas"?
"bravas" is commonly confused with "bravo", "brave", "brazos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bravas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bravas" is [ˈbɾaβ̞as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bravas" come from?
"bravas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.