brío
[ˈbɾio]
The verdict
“brío” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,829 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,829
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pujanza; resolución y fuerza grande y mantenida con que se impulsa una acción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-brio · brío · Spanish
brío · rank #59,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,829
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bufa
Nearest frequency peer: bufa (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “brío”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- borres
borres
40,176 corpus weight
- bostero
bostero
40,175 corpus weight
- brío
brío
40,172 corpus weight
- bufa
bufa
40,171 corpus weight
- buhardilla
buhardilla
40,170 corpus weight
- bujía
bujía
40,169 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “brío” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brío |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɾio] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “brío” en español
Rare enough to double-check
brío is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,829 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɾio]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brío, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is brío, spelled B-R-Í-O.
Definition
- 1Pujanza; resolución y fuerza grande y mantenida con que se impulsa una acción.
- 2Comportamiento vivaz y resuelto.
- 3Espíritu, valor, resolución.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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