box

noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,381

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

box is aPortuguesenoun. It means: cada espaço subdividido por parede ou extrutura similar e que é destinado ao uso comercial dentro de uma construção maior It ranks #6,381 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with by and BR.

Key facts for box
PropertyValue
Headwordbox
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of box in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for box is 3 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,381 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for box in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BR", "boy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is box, spelled B-O-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cada espaço subdividido por parede ou extrutura similar e que é destinado ao uso comercial dentro de uma construção maior
  2. 2
    cada espaço subdividido que fica destinado a uma equipe na área do padoque

Frequency rank: #6,381 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "box"?
"box" is spelled B-O-X.
What does "box" mean?
As a noun, "box" means: cada espaço subdividido por parede ou extrutura similar e que é destinado ao uso comercial dentro de uma construção maior
What words are commonly confused with "box"?
"box" is commonly confused with "by", "BR", "boy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "box" come from?
"box" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.