bora
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
- autocarro
autocarro
86,985 corpus weight
- believe
believe
86,977 corpus weight
- boné
boné
86,975 corpus weight
- bora
bora
86,974 corpus weight
- camarada
camarada
86,968 corpus weight
- canalha
canalha
86,967 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “bora” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | bora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bora”
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
- 1expressão para convidar e induzir que se tome parte junto numa ação (de)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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
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).