brasão

//bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,214

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

brasão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: emblema de pessoa ou família nobre Pronounced /bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with bravo and brisa.

Key facts for brasão
PropertyValue
Headwordbrasão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,214
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for brasão is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,214 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "emblema de pessoa ou família nobre".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for brasão, with forms such as "barsão", "bbrasão", and "brasoã". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bravo", "brisa", "Brasil", 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 brasão, spelled B-R-A-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    emblema de pessoa ou família nobre

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: barsão,bbrasão,brasoã,brassão,braãso,brrasão,brsaão,rbasão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brasão

Misspelling Variants of "brasão"

barsão6bbrasão7brasoã6brassão7braãso6brrasão7brsaão6rbasão6
Misspelling Variants of "brasão"

Frequency rank: #25,214 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brasão"?
"brasão" is spelled B-R-A-S-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
What does "brasão" mean?
As a noun, "brasão" means: emblema de pessoa ou família nobre
What words are commonly confused with "brasão"?
"brasão" is commonly confused with "bravo", "brisa", "Brasil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brasão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brasão" is /bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brasão" come from?
"brasão" 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.