braza

/[ˈbɾasa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,173

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

braza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Unidad de longitud arcaica equivalente a la longitud de un par de brazos extendidos, a 2 varas castellanas o a 1,6718 metros. Para los romanos era la distancia media entre las puntas de los pulgare... Pronounced [ˈbɾasa].

Key facts for braza
PropertyValue
Headwordbraza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɾasa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for braza is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɾasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,173 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for braza in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 braza, spelled B-R-A-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad de longitud arcaica equivalente a la longitud de un par de brazos extendidos, a 2 varas castellanas o a 1,6718 metros. Para los romanos era la distancia media entre las puntas de los pulgares teniendo los brazos extendidos lateralmente.^([cita requerida])
  2. 2
    Estilo de natación en el que el nadador extiende simultáneamente ambos brazos, primero hacia adelante y posteriormente a los lados y hacia atrás, a la vez que se impulsa con los pies.
  3. 3
    Cada uno de los cabos que, hechos firme en el peñol de una verga de cruz o pasando por un motón encapillado en este sitio, sirven para mover horizontalmente la verga, haciéndola girar sobre la cruz hacia popa o proa según sea preciso.
  4. 4
    Longitud de seis pies de Burgos que sirve de medida en todos los usos de la maniobra y pilotaje, siendo entre estos uno el de averiguar la profundidad del mar.

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Frequency rank: #69,173 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braza"?
"braza" is spelled B-R-A-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɾasa].
What does "braza" mean?
As a noun, "braza" means: Unidad de longitud arcaica equivalente a la longitud de un par de brazos extendidos, a 2 varas castellanas o a 1,6718 metros. Para los romanos era la distancia media entre las puntas de los pulgare...
How do you pronounce "braza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braza" is [ˈbɾasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braza" come from?
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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.