bou
/ˈbɔ̞w/
The verdict
“bou” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,002 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,002
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - boi (Bos taurus)
Corpus desk
Index PT-bou · bou · Portuguese
bou · rank #52,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,002
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH Basis
Nearest frequency peer: Basis (-6 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 “bou”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- backbone
backbone
48,012 corpus weight
- barn
barn
48,007 corpus weight
- Basis
Basis
48,005 corpus weight
- bou
bou
47,999 corpus weight
- cabaço
cabaço
47,991 corpus weight
- caprichoso
caprichoso
47,986 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bou” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bou |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔ̞w/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bou” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bou is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,002 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɔ̞w/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bou in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bou, spelled B-O-U.
Definition
- 1boi (Bos taurus)
- 2touro, boi que não foi castrado
- 3carne de boi usada como alimento
- 4caranguejola (Cancer pagurus)
- 5arrastão, espécie de redepara pesca
- 6arrastão, barco que opera tais redes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Els bous són remugants.
Synonyms
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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