bocejo
/bu.ˈsɐj.ʒu/
The verdict
“bocejo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,364 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,364
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o ato de abrir involuntariamente a boca com uma inalação e suspiro prolongados, profundos ou uma exalação pesada, por causa de sonolência ou enfado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bocejo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bu.ˈsɐj.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bocejo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bocejo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,364 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bu.ˈsɐj.ʒu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o ato de abrir involuntariamente a boca com uma inalação e suspiro prolongados, profundos ou uma exalação pesada, por causa de sonolência ou enfado".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bocejo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bocejo, spelled B-O-C-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1o ato de abrir involuntariamente a boca com uma inalação e suspiro prolongados, profundos ou uma exalação pesada, por causa de sonolência ou enfado
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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Using “bocejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-C-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bu.ˈsɐj.ʒu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.