bok

/bɔk/

//bɔk// noun

The verdict

“bok” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #41,372) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#41,372
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bode

Corpus desk

Index PT-bok · bok · Portuguese

bok · rank #41,372 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,372
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH boon

Nearest frequency peer: boon (+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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bok”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “bok” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bok vs by
33% similar
bok vs BR
0% similar
bok vs bom
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bok
PropertyValue
Headwordbok
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɔk/
Letters3
Frequency rank#41,372
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bok”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bokcai 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 “boon” (#41,373), “bloc” (#41,370), “Bornéu” (#41,374). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bok” fica em #41,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for bok is neighbouring look-alikes ("by", "BR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /bɔk/. Frequency #41,372 among 840 “B” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for bok in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BR", "bom", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bok, spelled B-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    bode
  2. 2
    cavalo (aparelho de ginástica)

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 "bok"?
"bok" is spelled B-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is /bɔk/.
What does "bok" mean?
As a noun, "bok" means: bode
What words are commonly confused with "bok"?
"bok" is commonly confused with "by", "BR", "bom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bok"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bok" is /bɔk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bok" come from?
"bok" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list