bruto

/[ˈbɾut̪o]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,108

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bruto is anSpanishadj. It means: Carente de racionalidad, cultura o formación. Pronounced [ˈbɾut̪o]. It ranks #7,108 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with but and buzo.

Key facts for bruto
PropertyValue
Headwordbruto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈbɾut̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,108
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bruto is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɾut̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,108 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 bruto, with forms such as "bbruto", "brruto", and "brtuo". 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, "but", "buzo", "buró", 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 bruto, spelled B-R-U-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbruto,brruto,brtuo,bruot,brutto,burto,rbuto,vruto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bruto

Misspelling Variants of "bruto"

bbruto6brruto6brtuo5bruot5brutto6burto5rbuto5vruto5
Misspelling Variants of "bruto"

Frequency rank: #7,108 in Spanish

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 adj, "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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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.