brillan

/[ˈbɾiʝãn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,286

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

brillan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de brillar. Pronounced [ˈbɾiʝãn]. Often confused with brillo and brindan.

Key facts for brillan
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbɾiʝãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,286
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for brillan is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɾiʝãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,286 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de brillar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for brillan, with forms such as "bbrillan", "birllan", and "brilaln". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "brillo", "brindan", "brillar", 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 brillan, spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de brillar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrillan,birllan,brilaln,brilan,brillann,brillna,brlilan,brrillan,rbillan,vrillan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brillan

Misspelling Variants of "brillan"

bbrillan8birllan7brilaln7brilan6brillann8brillna7brlilan7brrillan8
Misspelling Variants of "brillan"

Frequency rank: #20,286 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brillan"?
"brillan" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɾiʝãn].
What does "brillan" mean?
As a verb, "brillan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de brillar.
What words are commonly confused with "brillan"?
"brillan" is commonly confused with "brillo", "brindan", "brillar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brillan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brillan" is [ˈbɾiʝãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brillan" come from?
"brillan" 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.