Which to use
“brand” is an adjective and “brandy” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,223
- “brand” frequency rank
- #35,905
- “brandy” frequency rank
- 56128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brand | brandy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | associado a um determinado produto, serviço ou empresa | aguardente do tipo do conhaque, não produzida em França |
Where the eye mixes brand and brandy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between brand and brandy
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: brand is /bɹænd/ while brandy is /ˈbɾɐ̃.di/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “brand” sits inside “brandy”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brand is recorded at frequency rank #20,223, classified as anadj, pronounced /bɹænd/. brandy is at rank #35,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɾɐ̃.di/.
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 56128, this pair ranks #10,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of brand vs brandy
Shared letters: abdnr. Private to "brand": -. Private to "brandy": y.
"brand" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "brandy" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brand" for "brandy" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "brand" or "brandy" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "brand" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brandy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brand" and "brandy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brains vs brand". 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 #10,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.