brigada
[bɾiˈɣ̞að̞a]
The verdict
“brigada” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,956 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,956
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grupo de gente que realiza la misma tarea.
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 | brigada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɾiˈɣ̞að̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brigada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for brigada is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɾiˈɣ̞að̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,956 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for brigada, with forms such as "bbrigada", "birgada", and "brgiada". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "brinda", "brigadas", "brindada", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is brigada, spelled B-R-I-G-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Grupo de gente que realiza la misma tarea.
- 2Unidad del ejército formada por dos regimientos.
- 3Unidad de organización de la marinería para los trabajos de la embarcación.
- 4Suboficial de categoría intermedia entre sargento y subteniente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrigada,birgada,brgiada,briagda,brigaad,brigadda,brigdaa,briggada,brrigada,rbigada,vrigada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brigada - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “brigada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-R-I-G-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bɾiˈɣ̞að̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “brinda” - see the side-by-side comparison. brigada vs brinda
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.