box
The verdict
“box” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,381 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,381
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cada espaço subdividido por parede ou extrutura similar e que é destinado ao uso comercial dentro de uma construção maior
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 | box |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “box” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for box is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. 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 generated misspelling entries exist for box in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. 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.
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 box, spelled B-O-X.
Definition
- 1cada espaço subdividido por parede ou extrutura similar e que é destinado ao uso comercial dentro de uma construção maior
- 2cada espaço subdividido que fica destinado a uma equipe na área do padoque
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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Using “box”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “by” - see the side-by-side comparison. box vs by
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.