bonito
/bu.ˈni.tu/
The verdict
“bonito” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,327 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,327
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - possuidor de beleza, agradável aos olhos
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 | bonito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bu.ˈni.tu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonito” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bonito is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bu.ˈni.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,327 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bonito, with forms such as "bbonito", "bnoito", and "bointo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "boto", "bovino", "bósnio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bonito, spelled B-O-N-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1possuidor de beleza, agradável aos olhos
- 2conceitualmente agradável
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbonito,bnoito,bointo,boniot,bonitto,bonnito,bontio,obnito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bonito - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bonito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-N-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bu.ˈni.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “boto” - see the side-by-side comparison. bonito vs boto
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.