bofetada

noun

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The verdict

“bofetada” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,602
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estalada; golpe dado com a palma da mão no rosto de outrem:

Corpus desk

Index PT-bofetada · bofetada · Portuguese

bofetada · rank #38,602 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,602
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bigorna

Nearest frequency peer: bigorna (-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 “bofetada”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bofetada” 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
Key facts for bofetada
PropertyValue
Headwordbofetada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,602
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bofetada”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “bigorna” (#38,601), “cadarço” (#38,605), “berro” (#38,598). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bofetada” fica em #38,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bofetada, anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,602 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bofetada, with forms such as "bbofetada", "bfoetada", and "boeftada". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is bofetada, spelled B-O-F-E-T-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    estalada; golpe dado com a palma da mão no rosto de outrem:
  2. 2
    que soa ou que tem impacto, físico ou psicológico, semelhante a bofetada:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bofetada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Finda a partida, e mais do que medonha / A noite começou de bofetada.
  2. Para mim, aquele insulto foi autêntica bofetada!

This word in other languages

slap(English)bofetada(Español)gifle(Français)Ohrfeige(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbofetada
  • bfoetada
  • boeftada
  • bofeatda
  • bofetaad
  • bofetadda
  • bofetdaa
  • bofettada
  • boffetada
  • bofteada
  • obfetada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bofetada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbofetada1bfoetada2boeftada2bofeatda2bofetaad2bofetadda1bofetdaa2bofettada1
Edit distance from "bofetada"

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 "bofetada"?
"bofetada" is spelled B-O-F-E-T-A-D-A.
What does "bofetada" mean?
As a noun, "bofetada" means: estalada; golpe dado com a palma da mão no rosto de outrem:
What are common misspellings of "bofetada"?
Common misspellings include "bbofetada", "bfoetada", "boeftada", "bofeatda", "bofetaad". The correct spelling is "bofetada".
What language does "bofetada" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arrojado#38,584arritmia#38,583chouriço#38,626arbitral#38,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

tapeçaria11 variantsestábulo11 variantseveryone11 variantsgaranhão11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list