brilho

//ˈbɾi.ʎu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,046

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

brilho is aPortuguesenoun. It means: brilho Pronounced /ˈbɾi.ʎu/. It ranks #4,046 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with brio and brinco.

Key facts for brilho
PropertyValue
Headwordbrilho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɾi.ʎu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,046
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for brilho is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɾi.ʎu/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,046 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "brilho".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for brilho, with forms such as "bbrilho", "birlho", and "brihlo". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "brio", "brinco", "bicho", 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 brilho, spelled B-R-I-L-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    brilho

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrilho,birlho,brihlo,brilhho,brillho,briloh,brliho,brrilho,rbilho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for brilho

Misspelling Variants of "brilho"

bbrilho7birlho6brihlo6brilhho7brillho7briloh6brliho6brrilho7
Misspelling Variants of "brilho"

Frequency rank: #4,046 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brilho"?
"brilho" is spelled B-R-I-L-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɾi.ʎu/.
What does "brilho" mean?
As a noun, "brilho" means: brilho
What words are commonly confused with "brilho"?
"brilho" is commonly confused with "brio", "brinco", "bicho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "brilho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brilho" is /ˈbɾi.ʎu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brilho" come from?
"brilho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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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.