brígido
[ˈbɾixið̞o]
The verdict
“brígido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,757 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,757
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una situación, de gran peligro, dificultad o intensidad, o bien que es muy impresionante o llamativa
Corpus desk
Index ES-brigido · brígido · Spanish
brígido · rank #92,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,757
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH brush
Nearest frequency peer: brush (-3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “brígido”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- brindadas
brindadas
7,250 corpus weight
- bromatología
bromatología
7,248 corpus weight
- brush
brush
7,247 corpus weight
- brígido
brígido
7,244 corpus weight
- cachucha
cachucha
7,239 corpus weight
- caducan
caducan
7,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “brígido” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brígido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbɾixið̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “brígido” en español
Rare enough to double-check
brígido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,757 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbɾixið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
brígido has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is brígido, spelled B-R-Í-G-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una situación, de gran peligro, dificultad o intensidad, o bien que es muy impresionante o llamativa
- 2Dicho de una persona o un lugar, que representa un peligro.
- 3Dicho de una persona que está muy preparada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brígido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Mejor nos vamos, porque se está poniendo muy brígido”, recuerda Inostroza que comentaron con sus amigos. Pero antes de eso alcanzó a ver qué sucedió justo después de la pateadura.
De noche, las esquinas de la población Yungay -una de las más "brígidas", según sus vecinos- se pueblan de pequeños puestos de venta de comida rápida, a los que llegan padres de la mano de sus hijos.
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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