boro
/ˈbɔ.ɾu/
The verdict
“boro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,730 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,730
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo B, possui o número atômico 5 e massa atômica relativa 11 u; é encontrado associado com outros minérios; é um semimetal ou metaloide; é utilizado como antisséptico, deter...
Corpus desk
Index PT-boro · boro · Portuguese
boro · rank #53,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,730
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bordar
Nearest frequency peer: bordar (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “boro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Bier
Bier
46,279 corpus weight
- bordar
bordar
46,272 corpus weight
- boro
boro
46,271 corpus weight
- bout
bout
46,270 corpus weight
- Bulgaria
Bulgaria
46,268 corpus weight
- byte
byte
46,264 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “boro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔ.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “boro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
boro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,730 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɔ.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo B, possui o número atômico 5 e massa atômica relativa 11 u; é encontrado associado com outros minérios; é um semimetal ou metaloide; é utilizado como antisséptico, deter...".
boro has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is boro, spelled B-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo B, possui o número atômico 5 e massa atômica relativa 11 u; é encontrado associado com outros minérios; é um semimetal ou metaloide; é utilizado como antisséptico, detergente e na produção de vidros resistentes ao calor
This word in other languages
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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