brun

/bʀuːʔn/

//bʀuːʔn// adj

The verdict

“brun” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,792 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,792
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - marrom

Corpus desk

Index PT-brun · brun · Portuguese

brun · rank #60,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,792
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH brin

Nearest frequency peer: brin (-2 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 “brun”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brun
PropertyValue
Headwordbrun
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/bʀuːʔn/
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,792
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “brun” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bruncai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “brin” (#60,790), “carótida” (#60,808), “barrigudo” (#60,771). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “brun” fica em #60,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brun is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,792 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bʀuːʔn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "marrom".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brun, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is brun, spelled B-R-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    marrom

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 "brun"?
"brun" is spelled B-R-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is /bʀuːʔn/.
What does "brun" mean?
As an adjective, "brun" means: marrom
How do you pronounce "brun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brun" is /bʀuːʔn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brun" come from?
"brun" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list