boleia
/bo.ˈlei̯.ɐ/ [boˈlei̯ɐ]
The verdict
“boleia” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,914
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transporte gratuito de passageiros em qualquer veículo
Corpus desk
Index PT-boleia · boleia · Portuguese
boleia · rank #23,914 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,914
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bien
Nearest frequency peer: bien (-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 “boleia”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- auditivo
auditivo
76,097 corpus weight
- aventurar
aventurar
76,096 corpus weight
- bien
bien
76,088 corpus weight
- boleia
boleia
76,087 corpus weight
- bristol
bristol
76,082 corpus weight
- cabecinha
cabecinha
76,078 corpus weight
What this shows “boleia” 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 | boleia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bo.ˈlei̯.ɐ/ [boˈlei̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “boleia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around boleia (IPA /bo.ˈlei̯.ɐ/ [boˈlei̯ɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,914 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for boleia, with forms such as "bboleia", "bloeia", and "boelia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "bolsa", "bolha", "boneca", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is boleia, spelled B-O-L-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1transporte gratuito de passageiros em qualquer veículo
- 2peça torneada de pau fixa na lança da carruagem à qual se prendem os tirantes
- 3maneira de conduzir carruagens indo o guia montado na besta de sela
- 4assento do cocheiro
- 5assento do motorista de veículo automotor
- 6cabine do caminhão
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boleia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Apanhar/pedir/dar (uma) boleia, ir de boleia, ir a boleia
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboleia
- bloeia
- boelia
- boleai
- boliea
- bolleia
- obleia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boleia - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boleia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).