braseiro

/bɾɐ.ˈzɐj.ɾu/

//bɾɐ.ˈzɐj.ɾu// noun

The verdict

“braseiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,770 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,770
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fogo de carvões incandescentes

Corpus desk

Index PT-braseiro · braseiro · Portuguese

braseiro · rank #73,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,770
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bípede

Nearest frequency peer: bípede (+11 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 “braseiro”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for braseiro
PropertyValue
Headwordbraseiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɾɐ.ˈzɐj.ɾu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “braseiro” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bípede” (#73,781), “beberrão” (#73,746), “beb” (#73,745). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “braseiro” fica em #73,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

braseiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,770 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɾɐ.ˈzɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

braseiro has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 braseiro, spelled B-R-A-S-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    fogo de carvões incandescentes
  2. 2
    brasas colocadas em recipiente de metal ou louça para aquecer o ambiente
  3. 3
    braseira; borralho; fogo; incêndio

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 "braseiro"?
"braseiro" is spelled B-R-A-S-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɾɐ.ˈzɐj.ɾu/.
What does "braseiro" mean?
As a noun, "braseiro" means: fogo de carvões incandescentes
How do you pronounce "braseiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braseiro" is /bɾɐ.ˈzɐj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list