boneca

//bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,502

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

boneca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo Pronounced /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/. It ranks #7,502 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with boneco and boteco.

Key facts for boneca
PropertyValue
Headwordboneca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,502
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of boneca in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for boneca is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,502 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for boneca, with forms such as "bboneca", "bnoeca", and "boenca". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "boneco", "boteco", "bronca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is boneca, spelled B-O-N-E-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo
  2. 2
    pequeno chumaço de pano para aplicação de verniz
  3. 3
    chucha de pano
  4. 4
    tampão de madeira para resguardar o cano das espingardas
  5. 5
    mulher muito enfeitada, pequenina e elegante
  6. 6
    espiga de milho ainda em formação
  7. 7
    castanha sem polpa, oca
  8. 8
    homossexual masculino

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboneca,bnoeca,boenca,boncea,boneac,bonecca,bonneca,obneca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for boneca

Misspelling Variants of "boneca"

bboneca7bnoeca6boenca6boncea6boneac6bonecca7bonneca7obneca6
Misspelling Variants of "boneca"

Frequency rank: #7,502 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boneca"?
"boneca" is spelled B-O-N-E-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/.
What does "boneca" mean?
As a noun, "boneca" means: figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo
What words are commonly confused with "boneca"?
"boneca" is commonly confused with "boneco", "boteco", "bronca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boneca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boneca" is /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boneca" come from?
"boneca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.