braça
/ˈbɾa.sɐ/
The verdict
“braça” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antiga medida de comprimento, equivalente ao dobro da vara (aproximadamente 2,2 metros)
Corpus desk
Index PT-braca · braça · Portuguese
braça · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braça |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɾa.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “braça” em português
Rare enough to double-check
braça is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɾa.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for braça, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is braça, spelled B-R-A-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1antiga medida de comprimento, equivalente ao dobro da vara (aproximadamente 2,2 metros)
- 2medida de comprimento do sistema anglo-americano, equivalente ao dobro da jarda (aproximadamente 1,83 metro)
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.