because

//bɪ.ˈkɔz/, /bɪ.ˈkʌz// conj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,230

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

because is aPortugueseconj. It means: porque Pronounced /bɪ.ˈkɔz/, /bɪ.ˈkʌz/.

Key facts for because
PropertyValue
Headwordbecause
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechConj
IPA/bɪ.ˈkɔz/, /bɪ.ˈkʌz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,230
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of because in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for because is 7 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɪ.ˈkɔz/, /bɪ.ˈkʌz/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,230 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "porque".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for because, with forms such as "bbecause", "bceause", and "beacuse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is because, spelled B-E-C-A-U-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    porque

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbecause,bceause,beacuse,becasue,becaues,becausse,beccause,becuase,ebcause

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for because

Misspelling Variants of "because"

bbecause8bceause7beacuse7becasue7becaues7becausse8beccause8becuase7
Misspelling Variants of "because"

Frequency rank: #22,230 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "because"?
"because" is spelled B-E-C-A-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /bɪ.ˈkɔz/, /bɪ.ˈkʌz/.
What does "because" mean?
As a conj, "because" means: porque
What are common misspellings of "because"?
Common misspellings include "bbecause", "bceause", "beacuse", "becasue", "becaues". The correct spelling is "because".
How do you pronounce "because"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "because" is /bɪ.ˈkɔz/, /bɪ.ˈkʌz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "because" come from?
"because" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.