brillante

/[bɾiˈʝãn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,103

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

brillante is anSpanishadj. It means: De mucha luminosidad. Pronounced [bɾiˈʝãn̪t̪e]. It ranks #3,103 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with brillantes and brillantez.

Key facts for brillante
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bɾiˈʝãn̪t̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,103
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for brillante is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɾiˈʝãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,103 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for brillante, with forms such as "bbrillante", "birllante", and "brilalnte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "brillantes", "brillantez", "brillan", 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 brillante, spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De mucha luminosidad.
  2. 2
    Inteligente, genial.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrillante,birllante,brilalnte,brilante,brillanet,brillannte,brillantte,brillatne,brillnate,brlilante,brrillante,rbillante,vrillante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brillante

Misspelling Variants of "brillante"

bbrillante10birllante9brilalnte9brilante8brillanet9brillannte10brillantte10brillatne9
Misspelling Variants of "brillante"

Frequency rank: #3,103 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brillante"?
"brillante" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bɾiˈʝãn̪t̪e].
What does "brillante" mean?
As an adj, "brillante" means: De mucha luminosidad.
What words are commonly confused with "brillante"?
"brillante" is commonly confused with "brillantes", "brillantez", "brillan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brillante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brillante" is [bɾiˈʝãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brillante" come from?
"brillante" 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.