brillo
[ˈbɾiʝo]
The verdict
“brillo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,260
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luz emitida por un objeto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-brillo · brillo · Spanish
brillo · rank #7,260 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,260
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH brasileña
Nearest frequency peer: brasileña (-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 “brillo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- bloques
bloques
92,743 corpus weight
- brasileña
brasileña
92,742 corpus weight
- brillo
brillo
92,741 corpus weight
- británicos
británicos
92,740 corpus weight
- Bruno
Bruno
92,739 corpus weight
- camina
camina
92,738 corpus weight
What this shows “brillo” 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 | brillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɾiʝo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “brillo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around brillo (IPA [ˈbɾiʝo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,260 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for brillo, with forms such as "bbrillo", "birllo", and "brilo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Brito", "brindo", "brinco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 brillo, spelled B-R-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Luz emitida por un objeto.
- 2Luz reflejada por un objeto.
- 3Hecho que destaca o sobresale por sus méritos.
- 4Diversión propia de los jóvenes, frecuentemente con connotación de aventura amorosa.
- 5Conjunto de hebras de varias fibras de acero finas y blandas, que se usa en trabajos de acabado, pulido, o bien para la limpieza de la grasa fuertemente adherida a la vajilla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how brillo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cada fin de semana se nos planteaba una cuestión de honor: ser invitados a un baile, a una fiesta, a un brillo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrillo
- birllo
- brilo
- brilol
- brlilo
- brrillo
- rbillo
- vrillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brillo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "brillo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).