bacon

noun

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The verdict

“bacon” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,599
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bêicon, panceta (toucinho defumado)

Corpus desk

Index PT-bacon · bacon · Portuguese

bacon · rank #7,599 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,599
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH baiano

Nearest frequency peer: baiano (+1 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 “bacon”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bacon” 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).

bacon vs bon
60% similar
bacon vs ban
60% similar
bacon vs bico
60% similar

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

Key facts for bacon
PropertyValue
Headwordbacon
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,599
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bacon”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “baiano” (#7,600), “atraente” (#7,597), “balão” (#7,601). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bacon” fica em #7,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bacon, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,599 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bacon, with forms such as "abcon", "baccon", and "baconn". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "bon", "ban", "bico", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bacon, spelled B-A-C-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    bêicon, panceta (toucinho defumado)
  2. 2
    couro, pele

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #2: Blowback, Takedown, The First Commandment
  2. “Well, suck it up,” said Forrester, “because Agent Lawlor here might just be the only one able to save your bacon.” “Who says my bacon needs saving to begin with?”

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abcon
  • baccon
  • baconn
  • baocn
  • bbacon
  • bcaon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bacon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abcon2baccon1baconn1baocn2bbacon1bcaon2
Edit distance from "bacon"

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 "bacon"?
"bacon" is spelled B-A-C-O-N.
What does "bacon" mean?
As a noun, "bacon" means: bêicon, panceta (toucinho defumado)
What words are commonly confused with "bacon"?
"bacon" is commonly confused with "bon", "ban", "bico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bacon" come from?
"bacon" 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 "bacon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

balão#7,601again#7,591ídolo#7,585right#7,571

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

army6 variantsbrad6 variantsqueen6 variantsNoivo6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list