bruto

Name: bruto, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbɾut̪o]

/[ˈbɾut̪o]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“bruto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,108
frequency rank, Spanish: 2,459
“B” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carente de racionalidad, cultura o formación.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bruto · bruto · Spanish

bruto · rank #7,108 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,108
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,459
PHOTO-FINISH bendición

Nearest frequency peer: bendición (-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.

baratos

92,896
bares

92,895
bendición

92,894
bruto

92,893
cago

92,892
calientes

92,891

What this shows “bruto” 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).

bruto vs but

60% similar

bruto vs buzo

60% similar

bruto vs buró

40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bruto
Property	Value
Headword	bruto
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈbɾut̪o]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#7,108
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bruto”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).brutocae aquí:

#7,108

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “bendición” (#7,107), “cago” (#7,109), “bares” (#7,106). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bruto” va en #7,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bruto (IPA [ˈbɾut̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,108 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bruto, with forms such as "bbruto", "brruto", and "brtuo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "buzo", "buró", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is bruto, spelled B-R-U-T-O.

Definition

1
Carente de racionalidad, cultura o formación.
2
Tosco y primitivo en sus hábitos.
3
Que no ha sido refinado, y se encuentra en el estado en que se produce naturalmente.
4
Dicho de una cifra, sin los ajustes correspondientes a coeficientes o retenciones.
5
Desmesuradamente grande o fuerte.
6
Carente o escaso de inteligencia

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bruto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Petróleo bruto
Una bruta cantidad de dinero

Antonyms

neto culto inteligente listo sabio

This word in other languages

brutish(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbruto
brruto
brtuo
bruot
brutto
burto
rbuto
vruto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bruto - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "bruto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bruto"?

"bruto" is spelled B-R-U-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɾut̪o].

What does "bruto" mean?

As an adjective, "bruto" means: Carente de racionalidad, cultura o formación.

What words are commonly confused with "bruto"?

"bruto" is commonly confused with "but", "buzo", "buró". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "bruto"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bruto" is [ˈbɾut̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "bruto" come from?

"bruto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bruto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bares#7,106 vacía#7,085 crudo#7,132 vacas#7,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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