brickvsbrincoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“brick” and “brinco” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,683
“brick” frequency rank
#41,764
“brinco” frequency rank
82447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brick brinco
Definition Ladrillo. Movimiento de elevarse rápidamente del suelo al impulsarse con los pies.

Where the eye mixes brick and brinco

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
brick
6 ch
brinco

Look-alike desk: brick vs brinco

A purely visual mix-up. brick (/bɹɪk/) and brinco ([ˈbɾĩŋko]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brick is recorded at frequency rank #40,683, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɹɪk/. brinco is at rank #41,764, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɾĩŋko].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 82447, this pair ranks #9,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of brick vs brinco

Shared letters: bcir. Private to "brick": k. Private to "brinco": no.

"brick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "brinco" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brickbbrick · birck · brcik · bricck · brickk · brikc · brrick · rbick
  • brincobbrinco · birnco · bricno · brincco · brinnco · brinoc · brnico · brrinco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "brick" for "brinco" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/bɹɪk/ versus [ˈbɾĩŋko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "brick" or "brinco"?
"brick" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,683 in our Spanish list, against #41,764 for "brinco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "brick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brinco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brick" and "brinco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brick vs brie". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #9,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list