brâmane

/ˈbɾɐ.mɐ.nɨ/

//ˈbɾɐ.mɐ.nɨ// noun

The verdict

“brâmane” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,544 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,544
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - membro da casta sacerdotal, a primeira das castas hindus

Corpus desk

Index PT-bramane · brâmane · Portuguese

brâmane · rank #74,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,544
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH brioche

Nearest frequency peer: brioche (-3 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 “brâmane”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “brâmane” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brâmane
PropertyValue
Headwordbrâmane
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɾɐ.mɐ.nɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,544
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “brâmane” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).brâmanecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “brioche” (#74,541), “cafundó” (#74,550), “cambraia” (#74,554). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “brâmane” fica em #74,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brâmane is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,544 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɾɐ.mɐ.nɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "membro da casta sacerdotal, a primeira das castas hindus".

Zero misspellings are on record for brâmane in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is brâmane, spelled B-R-Â-M-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    membro da casta sacerdotal, a primeira das castas hindus

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 "brâmane"?
"brâmane" is spelled B-R-Â-M-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɾɐ.mɐ.nɨ/.
What does "brâmane" mean?
As a noun, "brâmane" means: membro da casta sacerdotal, a primeira das castas hindus
How do you pronounce "brâmane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brâmane" is /ˈbɾɐ.mɐ.nɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brâmane" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brâmane", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list