bobó
/bɔˈbɔ/bɔˈβɔ
The verdict
“bobó” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,092 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,092
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comida africana, usada na Bahia, e feita de uma espécie de feijão com um pouco de banana
Corpus desk
Index PT-bobo · bobó · Portuguese
bobó · rank #70,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,092
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH Biologie
Nearest frequency peer: Biologie (-4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bobó”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bagaça
bagaça
29,925 corpus weight
- bein
bein
29,916 corpus weight
- Biologie
Biologie
29,913 corpus weight
- bobó
bobó
29,909 corpus weight
- caluniar
caluniar
29,894 corpus weight
- carão
carão
29,887 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bobó” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bobó |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɔˈbɔ/bɔˈβɔ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bobó” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bobó is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,092 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɔˈbɔ/bɔˈβɔ. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bobó in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bobó, spelled B-O-B-Ó.
Definition
- 1comida africana, usada na Bahia, e feita de uma espécie de feijão com um pouco de banana
- 2creme pouco consistente feito de mandioca, etc., cozidos e amassados com azeite-de-dendê, pimenta, sal e um pouco de camarão seco
- 3felação
- 4bobo, de pouca inteligência, deficiente; que diz bobagens
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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