brigadeiro
/bɾi.ɡɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“brigadeiro” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,503 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,503
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - doce feito com leite condensado e chocolate
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brigadeiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɾi.ɡɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brigadeiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for brigadeiro is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɾi.ɡɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,503 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for brigadeiro, with forms such as "bbrigadeiro", "birgadeiro", and "brgiadeiro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is brigadeiro, spelled B-R-I-G-A-D-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1doce feito com leite condensado e chocolate
- 2patente militar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbrigadeiro,birgadeiro,brgiadeiro,briagdeiro,brigaddeiro,brigadeior,brigadeirro,brigaderio,brigadiero,brigaediro,brigdaeiro,briggadeiro,brrigadeiro,rbigadeiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of brigadeiro - 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.
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 “brigadeiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-I-G-A-D-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɾi.ɡɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾu/ (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.