Turns out there actually is a way to disable it. After some digging, I found a flag that controls this behavior. To disable these suggestions:
- Launch Brave and type
brave://flagsinto the address bar - Search for a flag called
Navigation suggestions for look-alike URLs - Set this flag to
Disabled - Relaunch the browser when prompted.
You should no longer see these suggestions once this flag is disabled. Let me know if this resolves your issue.