bolso

noun

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The verdict

“bolso” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,667
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-bolso · bolso · Portuguese

bolso · rank #3,667 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,667
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bunda

Nearest frequency peer: bunda (+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 “bolso”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bolso” 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).

bolso vs bos
60% similar
bolso vs boto
60% similar
bolso vs bordo
60% similar

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

Key facts for bolso
PropertyValue
Headwordbolso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,667
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bolso”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bolsocai 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 “bunda” (#3,668), “barriga” (#3,665), “baile” (#3,664). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bolso” fica em #3,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bolso, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,667 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "algibeira".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolso, with forms such as "bbolso", "bloso", and "bollso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "bos", "boto", "bordo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bolso, spelled B-O-L-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    algibeira

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Durante os concertos, disse ela, "ele tirava seu livro de anotações do bolso e escrevia alguma coisa."

Synonyms

gibeira

This word in other languages

pocket(English)bolsillo(Español)poche(Français)Tasche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbolso
  • bloso
  • bollso
  • bolos
  • bolsso
  • boslo
  • oblso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbolso1bloso2bollso1bolos2bolsso1boslo2oblso2
Edit distance from "bolso"

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 "bolso"?
"bolso" is spelled B-O-L-S-O.
What does "bolso" mean?
As a noun, "bolso" means: algibeira
What words are commonly confused with "bolso"?
"bolso" is commonly confused with "bos", "boto", "bordo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bolso" come from?
"bolso" 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 "bolso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bunda#3,668baile#3,664óbvio#3,653meter#3,705

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

correio7 variantsnobre7 variantsavanço7 variantsvinda7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list