botica
/bu.ˈti.kɐ/
The verdict
“botica” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,142 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,142
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estabelecimento, em que se preparam e vendem medicamentos; farmácia
Corpus desk
Index PT-botica · botica · Portuguese
botica · rank #76,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,142
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bugiganga
Nearest frequency peer: bugiganga (+5 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 “botica”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Benoît
Benoît
23,874 corpus weight
- bisbilhotar
bisbilhotar
23,870 corpus weight
- botica
botica
23,859 corpus weight
- bugiganga
bugiganga
23,854 corpus weight
- bugio
bugio
23,853 corpus weight
- buço
buço
23,851 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “botica” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bu.ˈti.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “botica” em português
Rare enough to double-check
botica is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,142 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bu.ˈti.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for botica in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is botica, spelled B-O-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1estabelecimento, em que se preparam e vendem medicamentos; farmácia
- 2pequena casa
- 3loja em que se vendem gêneros a retalho; mercearia
- 4medicamento
- 5cara
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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