bottom
/ˈbɒtəm/
The verdict
“bottom” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,225
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - básico
Corpus desk
Index PT-bottom · bottom · Portuguese
bottom · rank #23,225 · 7 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,225
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bordado
Nearest frequency peer: bordado (-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 “bottom”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bluetooth
bluetooth
76,782 corpus weight
- bordado
bordado
76,777 corpus weight
- bottom
bottom
76,776 corpus weight
- brincalhão
brincalhão
76,773 corpus weight
- button
button
76,771 corpus weight
- bússola
bússola
76,770 corpus weight
What this shows “bottom” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | bottom |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɒtəm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bottom”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bottom (IPA /ˈbɒtəm/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,225 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bottom, with forms such as "bbottom", "botom", and "bototm". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "button", "boto", "botão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bottom, spelled B-O-T-T-O-M.
Definition
- 1básico
- 2inferior
- 3fundamental
- 4basilar
- 5último
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbottom
- botom
- bototm
- bottmo
- bottomm
- btotom
- obttom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bottom - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bottom", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).