braçal
/bɾɐ.ˈsaɫ/
The verdict
“braçal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,483 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,483
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que usa a força muscular
Corpus desk
Index PT-bracal · braçal · Portuguese
braçal · rank #51,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,483
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH buldogue
Nearest frequency peer: buldogue (+2 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “braçal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- batel
batel
48,537 corpus weight
- braçal
braçal
48,518 corpus weight
- buldogue
buldogue
48,516 corpus weight
- buzinar
buzinar
48,514 corpus weight
- cadastrado
cadastrado
48,512 corpus weight
- cadinho
cadinho
48,511 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “braçal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braçal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɾɐ.ˈsaɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “braçal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
braçal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,483 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bɾɐ.ˈsaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
braçal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is braçal, spelled B-R-A-Ç-A-L.
Definition
- 1que usa a força muscular
- 2que é referente ao braço
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.
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