boi

noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,270

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

boi is aPortuguesenoun. It means: animal macho adulto castrado das espécies Bos taurus e Bos indicus It ranks #6,270 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with by and BR.

Key facts for boi
PropertyValue
Headwordboi
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,270
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of boi in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for boi is 3 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,270 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for boi in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BR", "bom", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is boi, spelled B-O-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    animal macho adulto castrado das espécies Bos taurus e Bos indicus
  2. 2
    tipo de cachimbo utilizado para fumar maconha
  3. 3
    riqueza, grande valor
  4. 4
    facilidade, uma oportunidade que permite obter, ter, conseguir com pouco ou bem menos esforço, ou mesmo sem nenhum esforço algo que do contrário não se conseguiria de forma tão fácil

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #6,270 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boi"?
"boi" is spelled B-O-I.
What does "boi" mean?
As a noun, "boi" means: animal macho adulto castrado das espécies Bos taurus e Bos indicus
What words are commonly confused with "boi"?
"boi" is commonly confused with "by", "BR", "bom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "boi" come from?
"boi" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.