B

symbol

Letters

1 characters

Frequency Rank

#734

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

B is aPortuguesesymbol. It means: letra do alfabeto latino It ranks #734 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with by and BR.

Key facts for B
PropertyValue
HeadwordB
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSymbol
Letters1
Frequency rank#734
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of B in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for B is 1 letters long, classified as asymbol. Corpus data places it at rank #734 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for B in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BR", "bi", 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 Portuguese form is B, spelled B, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    letra do alfabeto latino
  2. 2
    décimo segundo algarismo do sistema hexadecimal
  3. 3
    símbolo de boro, elemento químico
  4. 4
    símbolo de indução magnética
  5. 5
    sinal representante da nota si
  6. 6
    símbolo do acorde de si maior ou da sua tonalidade, a qual contém cinco sustenidos na sua armadura de clave
  7. 7
    byte

Frequency rank: #734 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "B"?
"B" is spelled B.
What does "B" mean?
As a symbol, "B" means: letra do alfabeto latino
What words are commonly confused with "B"?
"B" is commonly confused with "by", "BR", "bi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "B" come from?
"B" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese 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.