boneca
/bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/
The verdict
“boneca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,502
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo
Corpus desk
Index PT-boneca · boneca · Portuguese
boneca · rank #7,502 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,502
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bi
Nearest frequency peer: bi (-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 “boneca”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- assento
assento
92,504 corpus weight
- baía
baía
92,502 corpus weight
- bi
bi
92,500 corpus weight
- boneca
boneca
92,499 corpus weight
- brigadeiro
brigadeiro
92,498 corpus weight
- car
car
92,496 corpus weight
What this shows “boneca” 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 | boneca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “boneca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around boneca (IPA /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,502 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for boneca, with forms such as "bboneca", "bnoeca", and "boenca". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "boneco", "boteco", "bronca", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is boneca, spelled B-O-N-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo
- 2pequeno chumaço de pano para aplicação de verniz
- 3chucha de pano
- 4tampão de madeira para resguardar o cano das espingardas
- 5mulher muito enfeitada, pequenina e elegante
- 6espiga de milho ainda em formação
- 7castanha sem polpa, oca
- 8homossexual masculino
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboneca
- bnoeca
- boenca
- boncea
- boneac
- bonecca
- bonneca
- obneca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boneca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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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 (8 here; floor ≥5).