brotinho

noun

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The verdict

“brotinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,601 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,601
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,073
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno broto; planta muito jovem; rebento ou gomo recém-formado

Key facts for brotinho
PropertyValue
Headwordbrotinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brotinho” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brotinho lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brotinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,601 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for brotinho in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is brotinho, spelled B-R-O-T-I-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno broto; planta muito jovem; rebento ou gomo recém-formado
  2. 2
    pizza de tamanho individual, pequena
  3. 3
    forma carinhosa de se referir a uma criança, jovem ou a uma pessoa amada, especialmente um(a) namorado(a) no início do relacionamento

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 "brotinho"?
"brotinho" is spelled B-R-O-T-I-N-H-O.
What does "brotinho" mean?
As a noun, "brotinho" means: pequeno broto; planta muito jovem; rebento ou gomo recém-formado
What language does "brotinho" come from?
"brotinho" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “brotinho”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-O-T-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list