brindar
[bɾĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
The verdict
“brindar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,882 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,882
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expresar buenos deseos, saludar o celebrar una ocasión, levantando y haciendo chocar las copas en que se bebe vino o licor; hacer un brindis.
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 | brindar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bɾĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brindar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for brindar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɾĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,882 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for brindar, with forms such as "bbrindar", "birndar", and "bridnar". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "brindo", "brinde", "brindis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is brindar, spelled B-R-I-N-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expresar buenos deseos, saludar o celebrar una ocasión, levantando y haciendo chocar las copas en que se bebe vino o licor; hacer un brindis.
- 2Dar u ofrecer de modo voluntario o gratuito.
- 3Ofrecer un beneficio o una oportunidad de provecho.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrindar,birndar,bridnar,brinadr,brindarr,brinddar,brindra,brinndar,brnidar,brrindar,rbindar,vrindar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brindar - 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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Using “brindar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-R-I-N-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bɾĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “brindo” - see the side-by-side comparison. brindar vs brindo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.