botão

/bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

//bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃// noun

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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
840
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo

Corpus desk

Index PT-botao · botão · Portuguese

botão · rank #4,293 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,293
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH caridade

Nearest frequency peer: caridade (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “botão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “botão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

botão vs bote
60% similar
botão vs boto
80% similar
botão vs both
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for botão
PropertyValue
Headwordbotão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,293
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “botão”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “caridade” (#4,294), “avançar” (#4,291), “carol” (#4,295). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “botão” fica em #4,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around botão (IPA /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,293 among 840 “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

  1. 1
    dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo
  2. 2
    flor ainda não completamente aberta
  3. 3
    objeto usado no vestuário para manter junto extremidades de uma mesma peça em um ponto em que não tem ligação por tecido
  4. 4
    elemento gráfico associável a acionamento por interação por parte do usuário ao disparo de uma rotina dentro de um programa de computador
  5. 5
    ânus

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Botão de rosa

This word in other languages

button(English)botón(Español)bouton(Français)Taste(Deutsch)

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.

bbotão1botoã2bottão1boãto2btoão2obtão2
Edit distance from "botão"

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 "botão"?
"botão" is spelled B-O-T-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
What does "botão" mean?
As a noun, "botão" means: dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo
What words are commonly confused with "botão"?
"botão" is commonly confused with "bote", "boto", "both". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "botão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "botão" is /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "botão" come from?
"botão" 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 "botão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carol#4,295apple#4,286amplo#4,284volte#4,279

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

long6 variantsnoiva6 variantsnegar6 variantsatuar6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list