bão

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The verdict

“bão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,976 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,976
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que bom

Corpus desk

Index PT-bao · bão · Portuguese

bão · rank #58,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,976
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bê

Nearest frequency peer: bê (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bão
PropertyValue
Headwordbão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters3
Frequency rank#58,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bão” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bê” (#58,977), “casebre” (#58,990), “castrense” (#58,991). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bão” fica em #58,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,976 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que bom".

Zero misspellings are on record for bão in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is bão, spelled B-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que bom

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Lugar bão é a casa da gente

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 "bão"?
"bão" is spelled B-Ã-O.
What does "bão" mean?
As an adverb, "bão" means: o mesmo que bom
What language does "bão" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fad#59,119oui#58,690aut#59,554sip#58,214

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list