bosta
/ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“bosta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,401
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ruim
Corpus desk
Index PT-bosta · bosta · Portuguese
bosta · rank #11,401 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,401
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bridge
Nearest frequency peer: bridge (+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 “bosta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- asfalto
asfalto
88,608 corpus weight
- assustar
assustar
88,607 corpus weight
- bosta
bosta
88,600 corpus weight
- bridge
bridge
88,599 corpus weight
- camisola
camisola
88,598 corpus weight
- cautela
cautela
88,593 corpus weight
What this shows “bosta” 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 | bosta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bosta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bosta (IPA /ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,401 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ruim".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bosta, with forms such as "bbosta", "bosat", and "bossta". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bot", "bota", "bote", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is bosta, spelled B-O-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1ruim
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bosta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Só notícias e matérias bosta, falando de coisas bosta.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbosta
- bosat
- bossta
- bostta
- botsa
- bsota
- obsta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bosta - 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 "bosta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).