brada

noun

The verdict

“brada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,817 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,817
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,073
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - irmão

Key facts for brada
PropertyValue
Headwordbrada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brada” 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). brada 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

brada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,817 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for brada in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 brada, spelled B-R-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    irmão
  2. 2
    pessoa com quem se tem uma amizade

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 "brada"?
"brada" is spelled B-R-A-D-A.
What does "brada" mean?
As a noun, "brada" means: irmão
What language does "brada" come from?
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Using “brada”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list