bosta

//ˈbɔʃ.tɐ// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,401

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bosta is anPortugueseadj. It means: ruim Pronounced /ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/. Often confused with bot and bota.

Key facts for bosta
PropertyValue
Headwordbosta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,401
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bosta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bosta is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,401 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ruim".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bosta, with forms such as "bbosta", "bosat", and "bossta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is bosta, spelled B-O-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ruim

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbosta,bosat,bossta,bostta,botsa,bsota,obsta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bosta

Misspelling Variants of "bosta"

bbosta6bosat5bossta6bostta6botsa5bsota5obsta5
Misspelling Variants of "bosta"

Frequency rank: #11,401 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bosta"?
"bosta" is spelled B-O-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/.
What does "bosta" mean?
As an adj, "bosta" means: ruim
What words are commonly confused with "bosta"?
"bosta" is commonly confused with "bot", "bota", "bote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bosta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bosta" is /ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bosta" come from?
"bosta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.