braçada

/bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/

//bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ// noun

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The verdict

“braçada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,545 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,545
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,073
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - quantidade de coisas que se pode carregar nos braços

Key facts for braçada
PropertyValue
Headwordbraçada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,545
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “braçada” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). braçada lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

braçada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,545 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

braçada doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is braçada, spelled B-R-A-Ç-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    quantidade de coisas que se pode carregar nos braços
  2. 2
    cada um dos movimentos dos braços durante o ato de nadar

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braçada"?
"braçada" is spelled B-R-A-Ç-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/.
What does "braçada" mean?
As a noun, "braçada" means: quantidade de coisas que se pode carregar nos braços
How do you pronounce "braçada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braçada" is /bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braçada" come from?
"braçada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “braçada”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-A-Ç-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /bɾɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list