bocado

/bu.ˈka.du/

//bu.ˈka.du// noun

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The verdict

“bocado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,269
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porção de alimento que se mete na boca de uma só vez

Corpus desk

Index PT-bocado · bocado · Portuguese

bocado · rank #6,269 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,269
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH boi

Nearest frequency peer: boi (+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 “bocado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bocado” 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).

bocado vs bordo
67% similar
bocado vs botão
50% similar
bocado vs bocão
67% similar

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

Key facts for bocado
PropertyValue
Headwordbocado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bu.ˈka.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,269
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bocado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bocadocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “boi” (#6,270), “bêbado” (#6,271), “autorizado” (#6,266). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bocado” fica em #6,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bocado (IPA /bu.ˈka.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,269 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bocado, with forms such as "bbocado", "bcoado", and "boacdo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bordo", "botão", "bocão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is bocado, spelled B-O-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    porção de alimento que se mete na boca de uma só vez
  2. 2
    pedaço de qualquer coisa
  3. 3
    pouco tempo
  4. 4
    parte do freio da cavalgadura que vai dentro da boca

This word in other languages

bite(English)bouchée(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbocado
  • bcoado
  • boacdo
  • bocaddo
  • bocaod
  • boccado
  • bocdao
  • obcado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bocado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbocado1bcoado2boacdo2bocaddo1bocaod2boccado1bocdao2obcado2
Edit distance from "bocado"

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 "bocado"?
"bocado" is spelled B-O-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bu.ˈka.du/.
What does "bocado" mean?
As a noun, "bocado" means: porção de alimento que se mete na boca de uma só vez
What words are commonly confused with "bocado"?
"bocado" is commonly confused with "bordo", "botão", "bocão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bocado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bocado" is /bu.ˈka.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bocado" come from?
"bocado" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bocado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bêbado#6,271atirar#6,264cartaz#6,274adotar#6,258

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ângulo8 variantsexigir8 variantsfígado8 variantstanque8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list