bofetada
The verdict
“bofetada” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #38,602 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,602
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estalada; golpe dado com a palma da mão no rosto de outrem:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bofetada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bofetada” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bofetada is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #38,602 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.
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
- 1estalada; golpe dado com a palma da mão no rosto de outrem:
- 2que soa ou que tem impacto, físico ou psicológico, semelhante a bofetada:
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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.
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 “bofetada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-F-E-T-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.