Bauru
/ba.u.ˈɾu/
The verdict
“Bauru” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,229
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - município do centro-oeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil; faz fronteira com Reginópolis ao norte, Arealva a nordeste, Pederneiras a leste, Agudos e Piratininga ao sul e Avaí a oeste
Corpus desk
Index PT-bauru · Bauru · Portuguese
Bauru · rank #13,229 · 6 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,229
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH basquetebol
Nearest frequency peer: basquetebol (-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 “Bauru”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- avisado
avisado
86,776 corpus weight
- ballet
ballet
86,775 corpus weight
- basquetebol
basquetebol
86,774 corpus weight
- Bauru
Bauru
86,772 corpus weight
- búlgaro
búlgaro
86,769 corpus weight
- cabana
cabana
86,768 corpus weight
What this shows “Bauru” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bauru |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ba.u.ˈɾu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Bauru”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Bauru (IPA /ba.u.ˈɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,229 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "município do centro-oeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil; faz fronteira com Reginópolis ao norte, Arealva a nordeste, Pederneiras a leste, Agudos e Piratininga ao sul e Avaí a oeste".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bauru, with forms such as "aburu", "baruu", and "baurru". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "baús", "bar", "baú", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Bauru, spelled B-A-U-R-U.
Definition
- 1município do centro-oeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil; faz fronteira com Reginópolis ao norte, Arealva a nordeste, Pederneiras a leste, Agudos e Piratininga ao sul e Avaí a oeste
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aburu
- baruu
- baurru
- bauur
- bbauru
- buaru
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bauru - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).