bufo
/ˈbu.fɔ/
The verdict
“bufo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,221
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sapo
Corpus desk
Index PT-bufo · bufo · Portuguese
bufo · rank #45,221 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,221
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH brusco
Nearest frequency peer: brusco (-1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “bufo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bilingue
bilingue
54,790 corpus weight
- brusco
brusco
54,781 corpus weight
- bufo
bufo
54,780 corpus weight
- bulbo
bulbo
54,779 corpus weight
- burla
burla
54,778 corpus weight
- cabina
cabina
54,777 corpus weight
What this shows “bufo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | bufo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbu.fɔ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #45,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “bufo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around bufo (IPA /ˈbu.fɔ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,221 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sapo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bufo, with forms such as "bbufo", "bfuo", and "buffo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "Bus", "bug", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bufo, spelled B-U-F-O.
Definition
- 1sapo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbufo
- bfuo
- buffo
- buof
- ubfo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bufo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bufo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).