bossa
The verdict
“bossa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - protuberância anormal, nas costas ou no peito, resultante do desvio da espinha dorsal ou do esterno; corcova, geba, giba
Corpus desk
Index PT-bossa · bossa · Portuguese
bossa · rank #17,713 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,713
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH boto
Nearest frequency peer: boto (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “bossa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- att
att
82,300 corpus weight
- bossa
bossa
82,288 corpus weight
- boto
boto
82,287 corpus weight
- cale
cale
82,282 corpus weight
- cape
cape
82,280 corpus weight
- cast
cast
82,278 corpus weight
What this shows “bossa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | bossa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bossa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around bossa, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,713 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bossa, with forms such as "bbossa", "bosa", and "bosas". 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, "bota", "brisa", "bosta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is bossa, spelled B-O-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1protuberância anormal, nas costas ou no peito, resultante do desvio da espinha dorsal ou do esterno; corcova, geba, giba
- 2protuberância boleada na superfície de um osso chato
- 3protuberância, calombo produzido por uma contusão; galo
- 4protuberância dorsal presente em certos animais, como o camelo e o dromedário; corcova, geba, giba
- 5saliência do crânio outrora considerada sinal de um desenvolvimento particular de determinada faculdade intelectual
- 6relevo, parte saliente de uma superfície plana
- 7inclinação para alguma atividade; vocação, talento
- 8condição ou virtude diferencial que faz uma pessoa ou uma coisa ser notada
- 9forma esférica que adquire a matéria vitrificada nas fábricas de vidro
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bossa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menina faceira, cheia de bossa.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbossa
- bosa
- bosas
- bsosa
- obssa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bossa - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).