botão
/bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“botão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,293
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo
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 | botão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “botão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around botão (IPA /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,293 among 2,073 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for botão, with forms such as "bbotão", "botoã", and "bottão". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bote", "boto", "both", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is botão, spelled B-O-T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo
- 2flor ainda não completamente aberta
- 3objeto usado no vestuário para manter junto extremidades de uma mesma peça em um ponto em que não tem ligação por tecido
- 4elemento gráfico associável a acionamento por interação por parte do usuário ao disparo de uma rotina dentro de um programa de computador
- 5ânus
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbotão
- botoã
- bottão
- boãto
- btoão
- obtão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of botão - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “botão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-T-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bote” - see the side-by-side comparison. botão vs bote
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.