bucho
/ˈbu.ʃu/
The verdict
“bucho” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #50,932 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,932
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estômago dos mamíferos e dos peixes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bucho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbu.ʃu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bucho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bucho is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbu.ʃu/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,932 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bucho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bucho, spelled B-U-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1estômago dos mamíferos e dos peixes
- 2estômago dos homens
- 3mulher muito feia e/ou velha
- 4barriga de pessoas, típico do nordeste do Brasil
- 5paio feito de cartilagens e ossos tenros de porco
- 6estômago do porco, estômago das pessoas
- 7bochecho
- 8buraco onde entra o eixo na roda do carro de bois
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 “bucho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-U-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbu.ʃu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.