bocejo
/bu.ˈsɐj.ʒu/
The verdict
“bocejo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,364 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,364
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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
Corpus desk
Index PT-bocejo · bocejo · Portuguese
bocejo · rank #58,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,364
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH blindar
Nearest frequency peer: blindar (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bocejo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- basalto
basalto
41,650 corpus weight
- basilar
basilar
41,649 corpus weight
- blindar
blindar
41,638 corpus weight
- bocejo
bocejo
41,637 corpus weight
- borrifar
borrifar
41,632 corpus weight
- butcher
butcher
41,622 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bocejo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bocejo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bocejo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,364 among 840 “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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