boxe
/ˈbɔ.ksɨ/
The verdict
“boxe” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,737 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,737
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jogo de murro em que dois contendores, com luvas especiais, se defrontam; pugilismo
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 | boxe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔ.ksɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boxe” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for boxe is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɔ.ksɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,737 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for boxe, with forms such as "bboxe", "boex", and "boxxe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boy", "bué", "bule", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is boxe, spelled B-O-X-E.
Definition
- 1jogo de murro em que dois contendores, com luvas especiais, se defrontam; pugilismo
- 2armadura metálica para os dedos, para se darem socos
- 3compartimento de cavalariça, mercado, garagem, central telefônica, etc., ou em banheiro, para o chuveiro
- 4parte delimitada de uma página impressa geralmente por fios ou cercadura
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bboxe,boex,boxxe,bxoe,obxe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boxe - 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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Using “boxe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-X-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɔ.ksɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “boy” - see the side-by-side comparison. boxe vs boy
- 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.