brusco
[ˈbɾusko]
The verdict
“brusco” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,960
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Realizado sin suavidad ni gentileza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-brusco · brusco · Spanish
brusco · rank #22,960 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,960
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Bonnie
Nearest frequency peer: Bonnie (-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 “brusco”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- blindado
blindado
77,045 corpus weight
- bofetada
bofetada
77,044 corpus weight
- Bonnie
Bonnie
77,042 corpus weight
- brusco
brusco
77,041 corpus weight
- Burdeos
Burdeos
77,039 corpus weight
- buzz
buzz
77,038 corpus weight
What this shows “brusco” 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 | brusco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbɾusko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “brusco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around brusco (IPA [ˈbɾusko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,960 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for brusco, with forms such as "bbrusco", "brrusco", and "brsuco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "busca", "busco", "bruto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 brusco, spelled B-R-U-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Realizado sin suavidad ni gentileza.
- 2Realizado con prontitud, sin preparación o repentinamente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brusco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Personas hay v g. que responden con frialdad ó indiferencia, ó tal vez con descortesia porque su caracter es brusco; semejantes individuos merecen por haber sido tan poco favorecidos de la naturaleza, mas bien nuestra compasion que nuestro enojo, debiendo mirárseles como a seres destituidos de racionalidad.
El miliciano se apartó de un salto por un tirón brusco de riendas; Aldama hizo chasquear la lonja en la carona, y siguió su camino gruñendo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrusco
- brrusco
- brsuco
- brucso
- bruscco
- brusoc
- brussco
- bursco
- rbusco
- vrusco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brusco - 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 "brusco", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).