bolas
/ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/
The verdict
“bolas” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa frustração, irritação
Corpus desk
Index PT-bolas · bolas · Portuguese
bolas · rank #5,713 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,713
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH borracha
Nearest frequency peer: borracha (+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 “bolas”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- alimento
alimento
94,297 corpus weight
- ave
ave
94,293 corpus weight
- bolas
bolas
94,288 corpus weight
- borracha
borracha
94,287 corpus weight
- circo
circo
94,284 corpus weight
- condenação
condenação
94,280 corpus weight
What this shows “bolas” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bolas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bolas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around bolas (IPA /ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #5,713 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressa frustração, irritação".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolas, with forms such as "bbolas", "bloas", and "boals". 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, "bos", "bolo", "bota", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is bolas, spelled B-O-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1expressa frustração, irritação
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbolas
- bloas
- boals
- bolass
- bollas
- oblas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolas - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).