boteco

noun

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The verdict

“boteco” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,221
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno botequim

Corpus desk

Index PT-boteco · boteco · Portuguese

boteco · rank #20,221 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,221
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH border

Nearest frequency peer: border (-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 “boteco”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “boteco” 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).

boteco vs boto
67% similar
boteco vs beco
67% similar
boteco vs bote
67% similar

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

Key facts for boteco
PropertyValue
Headwordboteco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,221
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “boteco”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.botecocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “border” (#20,220), “brand” (#20,223), “bilateral” (#20,218). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “boteco” fica em #20,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around boteco, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,221 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for boteco, with forms such as "bboteco", "boetco", and "botceo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "boto", "beco", "bote", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is boteco, spelled B-O-T-E-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno botequim
  2. 2
    globo ocular

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Na parede do boteco, dobra um canaro na gaiola, içado em arame, dividindo cabide com um cacho de banana nanica.

This word in other languages

pub(English)cervecería(Español)bistrot(Français)Kneipe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboteco
  • boetco
  • botceo
  • botecco
  • boteoc
  • botteco
  • btoeco
  • obteco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boteco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bboteco1boetco2botceo2botecco1boteoc2botteco1btoeco2obteco2
Edit distance from "boteco"

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 "boteco"?
"boteco" is spelled B-O-T-E-C-O.
What does "boteco" mean?
As a noun, "boteco" means: pequeno botequim
What words are commonly confused with "boteco"?
"boteco" is commonly confused with "boto", "beco", "bote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "boteco" come from?
"boteco" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

border#20,220Brunei#20,225convés#20,252Adolfo#20,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

brand8 variantsdatado8 variantsestojo8 variantsgerido8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list