brinks
The verdict
“brinks” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,374 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,374
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa que se brincou, que se fez brincadeira
Corpus desk
Index PT-brinks · brinks · Portuguese
brinks · rank #79,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,374
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH brocado
Nearest frequency peer: brocado (+1 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 “brinks”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Auster
Auster
20,655 corpus weight
- brinks
brinks
20,627 corpus weight
- brocado
brocado
20,626 corpus weight
- cantil
cantil
20,613 corpus weight
- caricato
caricato
20,611 corpus weight
- chicotada
chicotada
20,590 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “brinks” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brinks |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “brinks” em português
Rare enough to double-check
brinks is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,374 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expressa que se brincou, que se fez brincadeira".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brinks, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is brinks, spelled B-R-I-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1expressa que se brincou, que se fez brincadeira
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brinks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Já falei que sou o máximo! (brinks). livro: Guia de estilo para candidatos ao poder e para quem já chegou lá, por Molina Luci, Mathias Milla, Kobayashi Sergio · 2019
Brinks. Vc eh mtqrdo, mlk. livro: É sério... Estou brincando, por Ellen DeGeneres, Maya Bellomo Johnson · 2014
Synonyms
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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