bocejar
The verdict
“bocejar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,311 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,311
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer bocejos; abrir a boca de forma involuntária, quando se tem sono ou fome ou quando se está aborrecido:
Corpus desk
Index PT-bocejar · bocejar · Portuguese
bocejar · rank #65,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,311
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH benefits
Nearest frequency peer: benefits (-5 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 “bocejar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Arraiolos
Arraiolos
34,724 corpus weight
- benefits
benefits
34,695 corpus weight
- bocejar
bocejar
34,690 corpus weight
- bávaro
bávaro
34,676 corpus weight
- cação
cação
34,665 corpus weight
- cette
cette
34,659 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bocejar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bocejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bocejar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bocejar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,311 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bocejar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is bocejar, spelled B-O-C-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer bocejos; abrir a boca de forma involuntária, quando se tem sono ou fome ou quando se está aborrecido:
- 2dar indícios de aborrecimento ou enfado:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bocejar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alguém é capaz de garantir que bocejar não é contagioso?
À segunda folha do longo discurso já todos bocejavam.
This word in other languages
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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