brânquia

/ˈbɾɐ̃.ki.ɐ/

//ˈbɾɐ̃.ki.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“brânquia” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - órgão de respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos

Corpus desk

Index PT-branquia · brânquia · Portuguese

brânquia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for brânquia
PropertyValue
Headwordbrânquia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɾɐ̃.ki.ɐ/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brânquia” sits in Portuguese frequency

brânquia falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brânquia is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɾɐ̃.ki.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "órgão de respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos".

brânquia has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is brânquia, spelled B-R-Â-N-Q-U-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    órgão de respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos

Synonyms

guelra

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brânquia"?
"brânquia" is spelled B-R-Â-N-Q-U-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɾɐ̃.ki.ɐ/.
What does "brânquia" mean?
As a noun, "brânquia" means: órgão de respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos
How do you pronounce "brânquia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brânquia" is /ˈbɾɐ̃.ki.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brânquia" come from?
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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