boca-a-boca
The verdict
“boca-a-boca” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - divulgação informal por recomendação pessoal, de pessoa para pessoa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boca-a-boca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boca-a-boca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boca-a-boca is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
boca-a-boca has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 boca-a-boca, spelled B-O-C-A---A---B-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1divulgação informal por recomendação pessoal, de pessoa para pessoa
- 2técnica de ventilação artificial aplicando a boca do socorrista à da vítima
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “boca-a-boca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-C-A---A---B-O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.