bobagem

noun

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The verdict

“bobagem” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,141
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - asneira, tolice

Corpus desk

Index PT-bobagem · bobagem · Portuguese

bobagem · rank #10,141 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,141
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH biscoito

Nearest frequency peer: biscoito (-1 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 “bobagem”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bobagem” 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).

bobagem vs bagagem
71% similar

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

Key facts for bobagem
PropertyValue
Headwordbobagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,141
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bobagem”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bobagemcai 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 “biscoito” (#10,140), “cadela” (#10,142), “audio” (#10,138). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bobagem” fica em #10,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bobagem, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,141 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bobagem, with forms such as "bboagem", "bbobagem", and "boabgem". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bagagem", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 bobagem, spelled B-O-B-A-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    asneira, tolice
  2. 2
    comida gostosa, mas de má qualidade, de baixo valor nutritivo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ampliar esse erro, que vem desde os tempos da reforma universitária da ditadura militar, é uma enorme bobagem.

Synonyms

besteirabreboteporcariatranqueira

This word in other languages

rot(English)tontería(Español)absurdité(Français)Blödsinn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboagem
  • bbobagem
  • boabgem
  • bobaegm
  • bobagemm
  • bobaggem
  • bobagme
  • bobbagem
  • bobgaem
  • obbagem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bobagem - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bboagem2bbobagem1boabgem2bobaegm2bobagemm1bobaggem1bobagme2bobbagem1
Edit distance from "bobagem"

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 "bobagem"?
"bobagem" is spelled B-O-B-A-G-E-M.
What does "bobagem" mean?
As a noun, "bobagem" means: asneira, tolice
What words are commonly confused with "bobagem"?
"bobagem" is commonly confused with "bagagem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bobagem" come from?
"bobagem" 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 "bobagem", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atrasar#10,137cimento#10,150delgado#10,167estoque#10,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

músculo10 variantsorelhas10 variantsnoventa10 variantsmolhado10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list