brasileiro

Name: brasileiro, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[bɾɐziˈɫejɾu]

/[bɾɐziˈɫejɾu]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“brasileiro” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#285
frequency rank, Portuguese: 840
“B” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pertencente ao Brasil ou relativo a ele

Corpus desk

Index PT-brasileiro · brasileiro · Portuguese

brasileiro · rank #285 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-CORE #285
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 840
PHOTO-FINISH I

Nearest frequency peer: I (+1 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.

local

99,721
morte

99,720
brasileiro

99,716
I

99,715
projeto

99,713
região

99,712

What this shows “brasileiro” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

brasileiro vs brasileira

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for brasileiro
Property	Value
Headword	brasileiro
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[bɾɐziˈɫejɾu]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#285
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “brasileiro”

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

#285

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “I” (#286), “projeto” (#288), “morte” (#281). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “brasileiro” fica em #285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around brasileiro (IPA [bɾɐziˈɫejɾu]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #285 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pertencente ao Brasil ou relativo a ele".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for brasileiro, with forms such as "barsileiro", "bbrasileiro", and "braisleiro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "brasileira", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is brasileiro, spelled B-R-A-S-I-L-E-I-R-O.

Definition

1
pertencente ao Brasil ou relativo a ele

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how brasileiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Belo Horizonte e Jaú são cidades brasileiras.

Synonyms

brasilianobrasílicobrasiliensebrasílio

This word in other languages

Brazilian(English)brasileño(Español)brésilien(Français)brasilianisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

barsileiro
bbrasileiro
braisleiro
brasieliro
brasileior
brasileirro
brasilerio
brasiliero
brasilleiro
braslieiro
brassileiro
brrasileiro
brsaileiro
rbasileiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brasileiro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "brasileiro"

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 "brasileiro"?

"brasileiro" is spelled B-R-A-S-I-L-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [bɾɐziˈɫejɾu].

What does "brasileiro" mean?

As an adjective, "brasileiro" means: pertencente ao Brasil ou relativo a ele

What words are commonly confused with "brasileiro"?

"brasileiro" is commonly confused with "brasileira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "brasileiro"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brasileiro" is [bɾɐziˈɫejɾu]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "brasileiro" come from?

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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