Botafogo

name

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The verdict

“Botafogo” is uncommon French (frequency #76,375 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,375
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quartier de Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil.

Key facts for Botafogo
PropertyValue
HeadwordBotafogo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,375
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Botafogo” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Botafogo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Botafogo is uncommon French at frequency #76,375 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Botafogo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Botafogo, spelled B-O-T-A-F-O-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quartier de Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil.
  2. 2
    Club sportif basé dans ce quartier.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Botafogo"?
"Botafogo" is spelled B-O-T-A-F-O-G-O.
What does "Botafogo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Botafogo" means: Quartier de Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil.
What language does "Botafogo" come from?
"Botafogo" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Botafogo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-T-A-F-O-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list