brilha

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,188

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

brilha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: virilha Often confused with brisa and brilho.

Key facts for brilha
PropertyValue
Headwordbrilha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,188
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of brilha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for brilha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #12,188 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "virilha".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for brilha, with forms such as "bbrilha", "birlha", and "brihla". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "brisa", "brilho", "brilhar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is brilha, spelled B-R-I-L-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    virilha

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrilha,birlha,brihla,brilah,brilhha,brillha,brliha,brrilha,rbilha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brilha

Misspelling Variants of "brilha"

bbrilha7birlha6brihla6brilah6brilhha7brillha7brliha6brrilha7
Misspelling Variants of "brilha"

Frequency rank: #12,188 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brilha"?
"brilha" is spelled B-R-I-L-H-A.
What does "brilha" mean?
As a noun, "brilha" means: virilha
What words are commonly confused with "brilha"?
"brilha" is commonly confused with "brisa", "brilho", "brilhar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "brilha" come from?
"brilha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.