boboca
/bo.ˈbɔ.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“boboca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,390 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,390
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que diz ou que faz tolices
Corpus desk
Index PT-boboca · boboca · Portuguese
boboca · rank #69,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,390
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH borin
Nearest frequency peer: borin (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “boboca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- babuíno
babuíno
30,630 corpus weight
- banditismo
banditismo
30,626 corpus weight
- biela
biela
30,617 corpus weight
- boboca
boboca
30,611 corpus weight
- borin
borin
30,610 corpus weight
- cabecear
cabecear
30,603 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “boboca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boboca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bo.ˈbɔ.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “boboca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
boboca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,390 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bo.ˈbɔ.kɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for boboca in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is boboca, spelled B-O-B-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1que diz ou que faz tolices
- 2possuinte de caráter simplório
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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