bão

adv

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The verdict

“bão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,976 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,976
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,073
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que bom

Key facts for bão
PropertyValue
Headwordbão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters3
Frequency rank#58,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bão” sits in Portuguese 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). bão lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

bão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,976 among 2,073 “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

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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Using “bão”

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

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

Other uncommon Portuguese 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