bebida

/bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/

//bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ// noun

The verdict

“bebida” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,124
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - líquido que se pode beber

Corpus desk

Index PT-bebida · bebida · Portuguese

bebida · rank #3,124 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,124
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH baby

Nearest frequency peer: baby (-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 “bebida”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bebida” 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).

bebida vs beira
67% similar
bebida vs bexiga
67% similar
bebida vs bélica
50% similar

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

Key facts for bebida
PropertyValue
Headwordbebida
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,124
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bebida”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bebidacai 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 “baby” (#3,122), “aventura” (#3,121), “campus” (#3,127). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bebida” fica em #3,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bebida (IPA /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,124 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bebida, with forms such as "bbebida", "bbeida", and "bebbida". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "beira", "bexiga", "bélica", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bebida, spelled B-E-B-I-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    líquido que se pode beber
  2. 2
    líquido álcoólico para consumo
  3. 3
    porção servida de bebida¹
  4. 4
    coquetel alcoólico
  5. 5
    ato de beber

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A água engarrafada é a bebida cujo consumo mais cresce hoje no mundo e o Brasil já é o quarto maior mercado.
  2. Proibidos de vender bebida alcoólica, o lucro deles vem principalmente da venda de refrigerantes e salgadinhos - que ficaria proibida.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbebida
  • bbeida
  • bebbida
  • bebdia
  • bebiad
  • bebidda
  • beibda
  • ebbida

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bebida - 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.

bbebida1bbeida2bebbida1bebdia2bebiad2bebidda1beibda2ebbida2
Edit distance from "bebida"

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 "bebida"?
"bebida" is spelled B-E-B-I-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/.
What does "bebida" mean?
As a noun, "bebida" means: líquido que se pode beber
What words are commonly confused with "bebida"?
"bebida" is commonly confused with "beira", "bexiga", "bélica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bebida"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bebida" is /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bebida" come from?
"bebida" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list