brotinho

noun

The verdict

“brotinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,601 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,601
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno broto; planta muito jovem; rebento ou gomo recém-formado

Corpus desk

Index PT-brotinho · brotinho · Portuguese

brotinho · rank #92,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,601
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH braguinha

Nearest frequency peer: braguinha (-6 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 “brotinho”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brotinho
PropertyValue
Headwordbrotinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “brotinho” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).brotinhocai 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: “braguinha” (#92,595), “cariño” (#92,623), “blasfemo” (#92,578). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “brotinho” fica em #92,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brotinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,601 among 840 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O jardineiro observou com cuidado cada brotinho que surgia no vaso
  2. Pedi um brotinho de mussarela porque não estava com muita fome

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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list