brindanvsbrindeWhich spelling fits?

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

#13,855
“brindan” frequency rank
#30,364
“brinde” frequency rank
44219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brindan brinde
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de brindar o de brindarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de brindar o de brindarse.

Where the eye mixes brindan and brinde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. brindan runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against brinde's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
brindan
6 ch
brinde

Why the eye confuses brindan with brinde

A purely visual mix-up. brindan ([ˈbɾĩn̪d̪ãn]) and brinde ([ˈbɾĩn̪d̪e]) 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 44219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brindan is recorded at frequency rank #13,855, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbɾĩn̪d̪ãn]. brinde is at rank #30,364, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbɾĩn̪d̪e].

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 44219, this pair ranks #138,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of brindan vs brinde

Shared letters: bdinr. Private to "brindan": a. Private to "brinde": e.

"brindan" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "brinde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brindan ← bbrindan · birndan · bridnan · brinadn · brindann · brinddan · brindna · brinndan
  • brinde ← bbrinde · birnde · bridne · brindde · brined · brinnde · brnide · brrinde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "brindan" and "brinde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbɾĩn̪d̪ãn] versus [ˈbɾĩn̪d̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "brindan" vs "brinde" - which ranks higher?
"brindan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,855 in our Spanish list, against #30,364 for "brinde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "brindan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brinde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #138,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brindan" and "brinde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brie vs brinde". 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 #138,271 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