brillar
[bɾiˈʝaɾ]
The verdict
“brillar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,027
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tener la capacidad de reflejar luz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-brillar · brillar · Spanish
brillar · rank #16,027 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,027
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH budista
Nearest frequency peer: budista (+1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “brillar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- beneficiarse
beneficiarse
83,977 corpus weight
- bits
bits
83,976 corpus weight
- brillar
brillar
83,974 corpus weight
- budista
budista
83,973 corpus weight
- burlarse
burlarse
83,972 corpus weight
- cague
cague
83,971 corpus weight
What this shows “brillar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | brillar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bɾiˈʝaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “brillar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around brillar (IPA [bɾiˈʝaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,027 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brillar, with forms such as "bbrillar", "birllar", and "brilalr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "brillo", "brindar", "brincar", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is brillar, spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tener la capacidad de reflejar luz.
- 2Emitir luz.
- 3Dicho de una persona, sobresalir o destacarse en algún ámbito.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrillar
- birllar
- brilalr
- brilar
- brillarr
- brillra
- brlilar
- brrillar
- rbillar
- vrillar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brillar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brillar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).