botafoguense

adj

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The verdict

“botafoguense” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,930 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,930
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,073
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que torce ou atua pelo Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, clube brasileiro

Key facts for botafoguense
PropertyValue
Headwordbotafoguense
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,930
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “botafoguense” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). botafoguense lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

botafoguense is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,930 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que torce ou atua pelo Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, clube brasileiro".

Zero misspellings are on record for botafoguense in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is botafoguense, spelled B-O-T-A-F-O-G-U-E-N-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que torce ou atua pelo Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, clube brasileiro

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "botafoguense"?
"botafoguense" is spelled B-O-T-A-F-O-G-U-E-N-S-E.
What does "botafoguense" mean?
As an adjective, "botafoguense" means: que torce ou atua pelo Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, clube brasileiro
What language does "botafoguense" come from?
"botafoguense" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “botafoguense”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-T-A-F-O-G-U-E-N-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list