brote

/[ˈbɾot̪e]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,399

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brote is aSpanishnoun. It means: Yema de las cepas, o botón y renuevo de los árboles. Pronounced [ˈbɾot̪e]. Often confused with brown and bruto.

Key facts for brote
PropertyValue
Headwordbrote
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɾot̪e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,399
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for brote is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɾot̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,399 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for brote, with forms such as "bbrote", "borte", and "broet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brown", "bruto", "bruta", 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 brote, spelled B-R-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Yema de las cepas, o botón y renuevo de los árboles.
  2. 2
    Germinado en el que está surgiendo el tallo.
  3. 3
    Germen, desarrollo, adelanto.
  4. 4
    Retoño de una planta, tallo nuevo.
  5. 5
    Grano o irritación cutánea.
  6. 6
    Inicio de la propagación de una enfermedad epidémica.
  7. 7
    Nacimiento de cualquier cosa nociva que se extiende o propaga.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrote,borte,broet,brotte,brrote,brtoe,rbote,vrote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brote

Misspelling Variants of "brote"

bbrote6borte5broet5brotte6brrote6brtoe5rbote5vrote5
Misspelling Variants of "brote"

Frequency rank: #13,399 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brote"?
"brote" is spelled B-R-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɾot̪e].
What does "brote" mean?
As a noun, "brote" means: Yema de las cepas, o botón y renuevo de los árboles.
What words are commonly confused with "brote"?
"brote" is commonly confused with "brown", "bruto", "bruta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brote" is [ˈbɾot̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brote" come from?
"brote" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index:

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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.