brad

//ˈbɾad// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,604

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

brad is aPortuguesenoun. It means: braço Pronounced /ˈbɾad/. It ranks #7,604 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with bran and breu.

Key facts for brad
PropertyValue
Headwordbrad
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɾad/
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,604
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of brad in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for brad is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɾad/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,604 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "braço".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for brad, with forms such as "bard", "bbrad", and "bradd". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bran", "breu", "broa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is brad, spelled B-R-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    braço

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bard,bbrad,bradd,brda,brrad,rbad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brad

Misspelling Variants of "brad"

bard4bbrad5bradd5brda4brrad5rbad4
Misspelling Variants of "brad"

Frequency rank: #7,604 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brad"?
"brad" is spelled B-R-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɾad/.
What does "brad" mean?
As a noun, "brad" means: braço
What words are commonly confused with "brad"?
"brad" is commonly confused with "bran", "breu", "broa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brad" is /ˈbɾad/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brad" come from?
"brad" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.