bota

//ˈbɔ.tə// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,725

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bota is aPortuguesenoun. It means: calçado que cobre o pé e parte da canela Pronounced /ˈbɔ.tə/. It ranks #8,725 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with boy and box.

Key facts for bota
PropertyValue
Headwordbota
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɔ.tə/
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,725
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bota is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɔ.tə/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,725 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for bota, with forms such as "bbota", "botta", and "btoa". 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, "boy", "box", "but", 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 bota, spelled B-O-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    calçado que cobre o pé e parte da canela
  2. 2
    odre, recipiente de couro para armazenar líquidos, geralmente vinho

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbota,botta,btoa,obta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bota

Misspelling Variants of "bota"

bbota5botta5btoa4obta4
Misspelling Variants of "bota"

Frequency rank: #8,725 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bota"?
"bota" is spelled B-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɔ.tə/.
What does "bota" mean?
As a noun, "bota" means: calçado que cobre o pé e parte da canela
What words are commonly confused with "bota"?
"bota" is commonly confused with "boy", "box", "but". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bota" is /ˈbɔ.tə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bota" come from?
"bota" 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.