boda

/[ˈboð̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,164

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

boda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rito o sacramento por el cual las personas se unen en matrimonio de acuerdo a las prescripciones de su fe. Pronounced [ˈboð̞a]. It ranks #3,164 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with boy and bot.

Key facts for boda
PropertyValue
Headwordboda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈboð̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,164
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of boda in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for boda is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈboð̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,164 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for boda, with forms such as "bboda", "bdoa", and "boad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boy", "bot", "box", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is boda, spelled B-O-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rito o sacramento por el cual las personas se unen en matrimonio de acuerdo a las prescripciones de su fe.
  2. 2
    Fiesta con la que se celebra la boda.₁
  3. 3
    Por extensión, cualquier ocasión de gozo o festejo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboda,bdoa,boad,bodda,obda,voda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for boda

Misspelling Variants of "boda"

bboda5bdoa4boad4bodda5obda4voda4
Misspelling Variants of "boda"

Frequency rank: #3,164 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boda"?
"boda" is spelled B-O-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈboð̞a].
What does "boda" mean?
As a noun, "boda" means: Rito o sacramento por el cual las personas se unen en matrimonio de acuerdo a las prescripciones de su fe.
What words are commonly confused with "boda"?
"boda" is commonly confused with "boy", "bot", "box". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boda" is [ˈboð̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boda" come from?
"boda" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.