bombacha

noun

The verdict

“bombacha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,472 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,472
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vestimenta típica tradicional do Rio Grande do Sul

Corpus desk

Index PT-bombacha · bombacha · Portuguese

bombacha · rank #96,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,472
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH brique

Nearest frequency peer: brique (+7 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bombacha”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bombacha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bombacha
PropertyValue
Headwordbombacha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,472
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bombacha” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bombachacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “brique” (#96,479), “bromo” (#96,480), “benévolo” (#96,459). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bombacha” fica em #96,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bombacha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,472 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vestimenta típica tradicional do Rio Grande do Sul".

No misspelling variants are generated for bombacha in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 bombacha, spelled B-O-M-B-A-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    vestimenta típica tradicional do Rio Grande do Sul

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Devolva o chimarrão, a bombacha e o churrasco para o povo indígena.

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 "bombacha"?
"bombacha" is spelled B-O-M-B-A-C-H-A.
What does "bombacha" mean?
As a noun, "bombacha" means: vestimenta típica tradicional do Rio Grande do Sul
What language does "bombacha" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list