bor

noun

The verdict

“bor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,280 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,280
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - boro, elemento químico de número atômico 5 e símbolo B:

Corpus desk

Index PT-bor · bor · Portuguese

bor · rank #72,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,280
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bisão

Nearest frequency peer: bisão (-6 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 “bor”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bor
PropertyValue
Headwordbor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bor” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).borcai 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: “bisão” (#72,274), “biodisponibilidade” (#72,272), “binômio” (#72,271). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bor” fica em #72,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,280 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "boro, elemento químico de número atômico 5 e símbolo B:".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bor, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bor, spelled B-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    boro, elemento químico de número atômico 5 e símbolo B:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. El bor és un element no metàl.lic pertanyent al grup III-A de la taula periòdica.

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 "bor"?
"bor" is spelled B-O-R.
What does "bor" mean?
As a noun, "bor" means: boro, elemento químico de número atômico 5 e símbolo B:
What language does "bor" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list