bule
/ˈbu.le/
The verdict
“bule” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,307) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #33,307
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - recipiente bojudo para preparar e servir chá
Corpus desk
Index PT-bule · bule · Portuguese
bule · rank #33,307 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,307
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bruscamente
Nearest frequency peer: bruscamente (-2 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bule”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- BIOS
BIOS
66,705 corpus weight
- bleu
bleu
66,703 corpus weight
- bruscamente
bruscamente
66,696 corpus weight
- bule
bule
66,694 corpus weight
- campestre
campestre
66,689 corpus weight
- caraças
caraças
66,687 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “bule” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | bule |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbu.le/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bule”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for bule is neighbouring look-alikes ("but", "Bus", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈbu.le/. Frequency #33,307 among 840 “B” headwords. Gloss: "recipiente bojudo para preparar e servir chá".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for bule, with forms such as "bbule", "buel", and "bulle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "Bus", "bum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bule, spelled B-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1recipiente bojudo para preparar e servir chá
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbule
- buel
- bulle
- uble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bule - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "bule", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).