brinks

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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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “brinks” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brinks
PropertyValue
Headwordbrinks
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,374
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “brinks” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.brinkscai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “brocado” (#79,375), “cantil” (#79,388), “caricato” (#79,390). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “brinks” fica em #79,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    expressa que se brincou, que se fez brincadeira

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how brinks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brinks"?
"brinks" is spelled B-R-I-N-K-S.
What does "brinks" mean?
As an interjection, "brinks" means: expressa que se brincou, que se fez brincadeira
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brinks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list