brabovsbrasãoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: brabo is a adjective, brasão is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“brabo” is an adjective and “brasão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,211
“brabo” frequency rank
#25,214
“brasão” frequency rank
72425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brabo brasão
Definition que demonstra raiva, que se enraivece facilmente emblema de pessoa ou família nobre

Letter map: brabo vs brasão

Shared letters muted; letters that set brabo and brasão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. brabo runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against brasão's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
brabo
6 ch
brasão

Grammar separator: brabo vs brasão

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: brabo is anadjective and brasãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brabo is recorded at frequency rank #47,211, classified as anadj. brasão is at rank #25,214, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɾɐ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72425, this pair ranks #3,054 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of brabo vs brasão

Shared letters: abor. Private to "brabo": -. Private to "brasão": sã.

"brabo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "brasão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brabo ← barbo · bbrabo · brabbo · braob · brbao · brrabo · rbabo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "brabo" and "brasão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "brabo" is an adjective and "brasão" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "brabo" vs "brasão" - which ranks higher?
"brasão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,214 in our Portuguese list, against #47,211 for "brabo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "brabo" and "brasão". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "brabo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brasão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,054 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brabo" and "brasão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brabo vs brio". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #3,054 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list