basquetebol
/baʃ.kɛ.tˈbɔɫ/
The verdict
“basquetebol” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,227
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - desporto praticado por dois times, cujo objetivo é conduzir a bola para dentro de uma cesta defendida pelo adversário; basquete
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basquetebol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /baʃ.kɛ.tˈbɔɫ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #13,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “basquetebol” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around basquetebol (IPA /baʃ.kɛ.tˈbɔɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,227 among 2,073 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "desporto praticado por dois times, cujo objetivo é conduzir a bola para dentro de uma cesta defendida pelo adversário; basquete".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for basquetebol, with forms such as "absquetebol", "baqsuetebol", and "basqeutebol". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is basquetebol, spelled B-A-S-Q-U-E-T-E-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1desporto praticado por dois times, cujo objetivo é conduzir a bola para dentro de uma cesta defendida pelo adversário; basquete
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- absquetebol
- baqsuetebol
- basqeutebol
- basqquetebol
- basqueetbol
- basquetbeol
- basquetebbol
- basqueteblo
- basqueteboll
- basqueteobl
- basquettebol
- basquteebol
- bassquetebol
- basuqetebol
- bbasquetebol
- bsaquetebol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basquetebol - 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.
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.
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Using “basquetebol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-A-S-Q-U-E-T-E-B-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /baʃ.kɛ.tˈbɔɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.