bodasvsbotarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#6,627
“bodas” frequency rank
#25,536
“botar” frequency rank
32163
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bodas botar
Definition Forma del plural de boda. Echar de algún sitio, retirar de un grupo o lugar por la fuerza.

Where the eye mixes bodas and botar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
bodas
5 ch
botar

Why the eye confuses bodas with botar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bodas is [ˈboð̞as] while botar is [boˈt̪aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bodas is recorded at frequency rank #6,627, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈboð̞as]. botar is at rank #25,536, tagged as averb, pronounced [boˈt̪aɾ].

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 32163, this pair ranks #203,433 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bodas vs botar

Shared letters: abo. Private to "bodas": ds. Private to "botar": rt.

"bodas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "botar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bodasbbodas · bdoas · boads · bodass · boddas · bodsa · obdas · vodas
  • botarbbotar · boatr · botarr · botra · bottar · btoar · obtar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bodas" and "botar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bodas" is a noun and "botar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "bodas" or "botar" show up more?
"bodas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,627 in our Spanish list, against #25,536 for "botar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "bodas" and "botar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bodas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "botar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,433 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bodas" and "botar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "botar vs Boyer". 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 #203,433 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list