borboleta
/bor.bo.ˈletə/
The verdict
“borboleta” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,580 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,580
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - inseto provido de quatro grandes asas, de cores geralmente vivas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borboleta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bor.bo.ˈletə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “borboleta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for borboleta is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bor.bo.ˈletə/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,580 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for borboleta, with forms such as "bborboleta", "bobroleta", and "borbboleta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is borboleta, spelled B-O-R-B-O-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1inseto provido de quatro grandes asas, de cores geralmente vivas
- 2aparelho giratório para contagem de pessoas, instalados em ônibus, porta de cinemas, etc.; roleta
- 3pessoa inconstante
- 4pessoa que exerce a prostituição
- 5homossexual masculino
- 6um dos quatro grandes estilos de natação (os outros três sendo: de peito, de costas e livre)
- 7um dos grupos do jogo do bicho; engloba as dezenas 13, 14, 15 e 16
- 8vulva
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bborboleta,bobroleta,borbboleta,borbloeta,borboelta,borboleat,borboletta,borbolleta,borboltea,borobleta,borrboleta,broboleta,obrboleta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of borboleta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “borboleta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-R-B-O-L-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bor.bo.ˈletə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.