bacana

adj

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The verdict

“bacana” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,600
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - excelente, interessante, bom

Corpus desk

Index PT-bacana · bacana · Portuguese

bacana · rank #5,600 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,600
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH ascensão

Nearest frequency peer: ascensão (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “bacana”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “bacana” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bacana vs bacia
67% similar
bacana vs bacon
67% similar
bacana vs batata
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bacana
PropertyValue
Headwordbacana
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,600
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bacana”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bacanacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ascensão” (#5,598), “beijar” (#5,602), “book” (#5,603). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bacana” fica em #5,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bacana, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,600 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "excelente, interessante, bom".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bacana, with forms such as "abcana", "baacna", and "bacaan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bacia", "bacon", "batata", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bacana, spelled B-A-C-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    excelente, interessante, bom

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bacana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Queria trabalhar e ser independente, começou duro seu próprio negócio e hoje está com uma condição financeira bacana, fruto de seu empenho.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abcana
  • baacna
  • bacaan
  • bacanna
  • baccana
  • bacnaa
  • bbacana
  • bcaana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bacana - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abcana2baacna2bacaan2bacanna1baccana1bacnaa2bbacana1bcaana2
Edit distance from "bacana"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bacana"?
"bacana" is spelled B-A-C-A-N-A.
What does "bacana" mean?
As an adjective, "bacana" means: excelente, interessante, bom
What words are commonly confused with "bacana"?
"bacana" is commonly confused with "bacia", "bacon", "batata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bacana" come from?
"bacana" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bacana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beijar#5,602virada#5,588sonhar#5,580sermos#5,579

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

escada8 variantsinútil8 variantsremoção8 variantsbatata8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list