bola

noun

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The verdict

“bola” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,235
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sólido esférico qualquer (ver esfera)

Corpus desk

Index PT-bola · bola · Portuguese

bola · rank #1,235 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,235
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH basta

Nearest frequency peer: basta (-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 “bola”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bola” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

bola vs bom
50% similar
bola vs boy
50% similar
bola vs box
50% similar

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

Key facts for bola
PropertyValue
Headwordbola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,235
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bola”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bolacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “basta” (#1,234), “casal” (#1,236), “antigo” (#1,233). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bola” fica em #1,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around bola, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,235 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bola, with forms such as "bbola", "bloa", and "boal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bom", "boy", "box", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bola, spelled B-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    sólido esférico qualquer (ver esfera)
  2. 2
    objeto utilizado em diversos esportes (futebol, handebol, vôlei, basquete e golfe, entre outros)
  3. 3
    testículo
  4. 4
    atenção, importância
  5. 5
    ímpeto de achar-se, expressar-se ou agir com superioridade em relação a outrem
  6. 6
    atenção com interesse sentimental-amoroso-sexual

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quando um leitor me chamou de antissemita no jornal, o primeiro telefonema que recebi foi do Moacyr Scliar dizendo para não dar bola, ele mesmo já tinha sido chamado de antissemita várias vezes pela sua posição no conflito de Israel com os palestinos.
  2. Baixa a bolinha aí

This word in other languages

ball(English)bola(Español)ballon(Français)Spielball(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbola
  • bloa
  • boal
  • bolla
  • obla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bola - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbola1bloa2boal2bolla1obla2
Edit distance from "bola"

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 "bola"?
"bola" is spelled B-O-L-A.
What does "bola" mean?
As a noun, "bola" means: sólido esférico qualquer (ver esfera)
What words are commonly confused with "bola"?
"bola" is commonly confused with "bom", "boy", "box". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bola" come from?
"bola" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rock#1,227leve#1,245lixo#1,246olho#1,251

Similar misspelling depth

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

quis5 variantsruim5 variantsvila5 variantsloja5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list