bota
/ˈbɔ.tə/
The verdict
“bota” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,725) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #8,725
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - calçado que cobre o pé e parte da canela
Corpus desk
Index PT-bota · bota · Portuguese
bota · rank #8,725 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,725
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH borda
Nearest frequency peer: borda (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bota”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- bin
bin
91,279 corpus weight
- blusa
blusa
91,278 corpus weight
- borda
borda
91,277 corpus weight
- bota
bota
91,276 corpus weight
- cachoeira
cachoeira
91,275 corpus weight
- can't
can't
91,274 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “bota” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | bota |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔ.tə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bota”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for bota is neighbouring look-alikes ("boy", "box", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈbɔ.tə/. Frequency #8,725 among 840 “B” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for bota, with forms such as "bbota", "botta", and "btoa". 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, "boy", "box", "but", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bota, spelled B-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1calçado que cobre o pé e parte da canela
- 2odre, recipiente de couro para armazenar líquidos, geralmente vinho
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbota
- botta
- btoa
- obta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bota - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bota", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).