beijo

//ˈbej.ʒu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,464

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

beijo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: toque com os beiços na face, mão, boca ou em qualquer objeto como ato de amor, de respeito ou de religiosidade Pronounced /ˈbej.ʒu/. It ranks #2,464 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with belo and bico.

Key facts for beijo
PropertyValue
Headwordbeijo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbej.ʒu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,464
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for beijo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbej.ʒu/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,464 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for beijo, with forms such as "bbeijo", "beijjo", and "beioj". 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 also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "belo", "bico", "beto", 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 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 beijo, spelled B-E-I-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    toque com os beiços na face, mão, boca ou em qualquer objeto como ato de amor, de respeito ou de religiosidade
  2. 2
    no meio das espigas de milho amarelas, aquela que é vermelha

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeijo,beijjo,beioj,bejio,biejo,ebijo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beijo

Misspelling Variants of "beijo"

bbeijo6beijjo6beioj5bejio5biejo5ebijo5
Misspelling Variants of "beijo"

Frequency rank: #2,464 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beijo"?
"beijo" is spelled B-E-I-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbej.ʒu/.
What does "beijo" mean?
As a noun, "beijo" means: toque com os beiços na face, mão, boca ou em qualquer objeto como ato de amor, de respeito ou de religiosidade
What words are commonly confused with "beijo"?
"beijo" is commonly confused with "belo", "bico", "beto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beijo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beijo" is /ˈbej.ʒu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beijo" come from?
"beijo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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.