brasis
The verdict
“brasis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,478 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,478
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - as terras do Brasil
Corpus desk
Index PT-brasis · brasis · Portuguese
brasis · rank #97,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,478
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH boco
Nearest frequency peer: boco (-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 “brasis”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- basement
basement
2,554 corpus weight
- beltrano
beltrano
2,551 corpus weight
- bilateralme…
bilateralmente
2,546 corpus weight
- boco
boco
2,534 corpus weight
- brasis
brasis
2,523 corpus weight
- carestia
carestia
2,502 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “brasis” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brasis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “brasis” em português
Rare enough to double-check
brasis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,478 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "as terras do Brasil".
brasis has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is brasis, spelled B-R-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1as terras do Brasil
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how brasis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dizia-me isto, há dias, um meu antigo companheiro de colégio que se fizera engenheiro e andava por estes Brasis todos, vegetando em pequenos empregos subalternos de estudos e construção de estradas de ferro e até aceitara simples trabalhos de agrimensor. (...)
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.
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