bocaina
The verdict
“bocaina” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #53,174 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,174
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - depressão numa serra
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bocaina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bocaina” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bocaina is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #53,174 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bocaina has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bocaina, spelled B-O-C-A-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1depressão numa serra
- 2ladeira muito íngreme de cordilheira aberta em forma de boca
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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Using “bocaina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-C-A-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.