brotinho
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
- beladona
beladona
7,431 corpus weight
- beneplácito
beneplácito
7,429 corpus weight
- blasfemo
blasfemo
7,423 corpus weight
- braguinha
braguinha
7,406 corpus weight
- brotinho
brotinho
7,400 corpus weight
- cariño
cariño
7,378 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “brotinho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brotinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “brotinho” em português
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
- 1pequeno broto; planta muito jovem; rebento ou gomo recém-formado
- 2pizza de tamanho individual, pequena
- 3forma 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how brotinho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O jardineiro observou com cuidado cada brotinho que surgia no vaso
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.
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