botafoguense

adj

The verdict

“botafoguense” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,930 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,930
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que torce ou atua pelo Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, clube brasileiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-botafoguense · botafoguense · Portuguese

botafoguense · rank #50,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,930
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bombordo

Nearest frequency peer: bombordo (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “botafoguense”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “botafoguense” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for botafoguense
PropertyValue
Headwordbotafoguense
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,930
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “botafoguense” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).botafoguensecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bombordo” (#50,929), “bucho” (#50,932), “bisneto” (#50,923). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “botafoguense” fica em #50,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

botafoguense is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,930 among 840 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how botafoguense appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O cantor Zeca Pagodinho é botafoguense.
  2. O atacante botafoguense fez três gols na partida.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "botafoguense", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list