brida
/ˈbɾi.dɐ/
The verdict
“brida” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #67,967 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,967
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - correia que ligada à cabeçada, ao freio ou ao bridão dos equídeos, serve para os guiar quando se monta neles
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brida |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɾi.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brida” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for brida is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɾi.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,967 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "correia que ligada à cabeçada, ao freio ou ao bridão dos equídeos, serve para os guiar quando se monta neles".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brida, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is brida, spelled B-R-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1correia que ligada à cabeçada, ao freio ou ao bridão dos equídeos, serve para os guiar quando se monta neles
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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Using “brida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɾi.dɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.