bor
The verdict
“bor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,280 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,280
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - boro, elemento químico de número atômico 5 e símbolo B:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bor” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,280 among 2,073 “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
- 1boro, elemento químico de número atômico 5 e símbolo B:
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 “bor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.