bombar

verb

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The verdict

“bombar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,669
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-bombar · bombar · Portuguese

bombar · rank #21,669 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,669
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH banha

Nearest frequency peer: banha (-2 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 “bombar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “bombar” 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).

bombar vs botar
67% similar
bombar vs bombas
83% similar
bombar vs bombom
67% similar

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

Key facts for bombar
PropertyValue
Headwordbombar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,669
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bombar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bombarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “banha” (#21,667), “atentar” (#21,665), “calúnia” (#21,674). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bombar” fica em #21,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bombar, averb. Corpus frequency is #21,669 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bombar, with forms such as "bbombar", "bmobar", and "bobmar". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "botar", "bombas", "bombom", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bombar, spelled B-O-M-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    levar bomba
  2. 2
    tornar-se popular
  3. 3
    ter grande presença de público
  4. 4
    acontecer em profusão, muito
  5. 5
    ter nota insuficiente para passar em uma dada matéria escolar
  6. 6
    ter nota insuficiente para passar, de grau escolar, no conjunto de matérias escolares

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Naquela noite casa de espetáculos bombou.
  2. As vendas estão bombando.

Synonyms

ficar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbombar
  • bmobar
  • bobmar
  • bomabr
  • bombarr
  • bombbar
  • bombra
  • bommbar
  • obmbar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbombar1bmobar2bobmar2bomabr2bombarr1bombbar1bombra2bommbar1
Edit distance from "bombar"

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 "bombar"?
"bombar" is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R.
What does "bombar" mean?
As a verb, "bombar" means: levar bomba
What words are commonly confused with "bombar"?
"bombar" is commonly confused with "botar", "bombas", "bombom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bombar" come from?
"bombar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

archer#21,660xarope#21,635genoma#21,760gorila#21,765

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

calúnia9 variantsvigário9 variantstapioca9 variantsestouro9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list