brindarvsbrindeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: brindar is a verb, brinde is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“brindar” is a verb and “brinde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,878
“brindar” frequency rank
#7,606
“brinde” frequency rank
32484
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brindar brinde
Definition beber em gesto de comemoração saudação que se faz ao compartilhar uma bebida

Letter map: brindar vs brinde

Shared letters muted; letters that set brindar and brinde apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. brindar runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against brinde's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
brindar
6 ch
brinde

Part-of-speech tell for brindar / brinde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: brindar is averb and brindeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brindar is recorded at frequency rank #24,878, classified as averb. brinde is at rank #7,606, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɾĩ.dɨ/.

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 32484, this pair ranks #35,314 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of brindar vs brinde

Shared letters: bdinr. Private to "brindar": a. Private to "brinde": e.

"brindar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "brinde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brindar ← bbrindar · birndar · bridnar · brinadr · brindarr · brinddar · brindra · brinndar
  • brinde ← bbrinde · birnde · bridne · brindde · brined · brinnde · brnide · brrinde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "brindar" for "brinde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "brindar" is a verb and "brinde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "brindar" or "brinde"?
"brinde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,606 in our Portuguese list, against #24,878 for "brindar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "brindar" and "brinde". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "brindar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brinde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,314 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brindar" and "brinde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bandar vs brindar". 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 #35,314 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