brothers

//ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,934

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

brothers is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de brother. Pronounced /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/. Often confused with brother.

Key facts for brothers
PropertyValue
Headwordbrothers
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,934
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for brothers is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,934 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de brother.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for brothers, with forms such as "bbrothers", "borthers", and "brohters". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "brother", 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 brothers, spelled B-R-O-T-H-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de brother.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrothers,borthers,brohters,brotehrs,brotherrs,brotherss,brothesr,brothhers,brothres,brotthers,brrothers,brtohers,rbothers,vrothers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brothers

Misspelling Variants of "brothers"

bbrothers9borthers8brohters8brotehrs8brotherrs9brotherss9brothesr8brothhers9
Misspelling Variants of "brothers"

Frequency rank: #19,934 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brothers"?
"brothers" is spelled B-R-O-T-H-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/.
What does "brothers" mean?
As a noun, "brothers" means: Forma del plural de brother.
What words are commonly confused with "brothers"?
"brothers" is commonly confused with "brother". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brothers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brothers" is /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brothers" come from?
"brothers" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.