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The verdict

“bora” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,027) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#13,027
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressão para convidar e induzir que se tome parte junto numa ação (de)

Corpus desk

Index PT-bora · bora · Portuguese

bora · rank #13,027 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,027
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH boné

Nearest frequency peer: boné (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bora”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “bora” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bora vs BR
0% similar
bora vs boy
50% similar
bora vs box
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bora
PropertyValue
Headwordbora
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,027
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bora”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).boracai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “boné” (#13,026), “believe” (#13,024), “camarada” (#13,033). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bora” fica em #13,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for bora is neighbouring look-alikes ("BR", "boy", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #13,027 among 840 “B” headwords. Gloss: "expressão para convidar e induzir que se tome parte junto numa ação (de)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for bora, including "bbora" and "boar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BR", "boy", "box", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bora, spelled B-O-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressão para convidar e induzir que se tome parte junto numa ação (de)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A garota puxou a outra para o quarto, fechou a porta e disse bora beijar e fazer carinho.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbora
  • boar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bora - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbora1boar2
Edit distance from "bora"

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 "bora"?
"bora" is spelled B-O-R-A.
What does "bora" mean?
As an interjection, "bora" means: expressão para convidar e induzir que se tome parte junto numa ação (de)
What words are commonly confused with "bora"?
"bora" is commonly confused with "BR", "boy", "box". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bora" come from?
"bora" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list