besta
The verdict
“besta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,378
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de uma pessoa abobalhada ou ingênua
Corpus desk
Index PT-besta · besta · Portuguese
besta · rank #6,378 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,378
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bilhão
Nearest frequency peer: bilhão (+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 “besta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- atlântico
atlântico
93,627 corpus weight
- besta
besta
93,623 corpus weight
- bilhão
bilhão
93,621 corpus weight
- box
box
93,620 corpus weight
- Caetano
Caetano
93,618 corpus weight
- caneta
caneta
93,617 corpus weight
What this shows “besta” 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 | besta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “besta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around besta, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,378 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diz-se de uma pessoa abobalhada ou ingênua".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for besta, with forms such as "bbesta", "besat", and "bessta". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "bet", "beta", "beto", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is besta, spelled B-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1diz-se de uma pessoa abobalhada ou ingênua
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how besta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deixa de ser besta, homem!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesta
- besat
- bessta
- bestta
- betsa
- bseta
- ebsta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besta - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "besta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).