burguês
/buʁˈɡe(j)s/ [buɦˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
The verdict
“burguês” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,638
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que pertence ou diz respeito ao burgo, ao burguês¹ ou à burguesia
Corpus desk
Index PT-burgues · burguês · Portuguese
burguês · rank #19,638 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,638
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH caboclo
Nearest frequency peer: caboclo (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “burguês”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Arménia
Arménia
80,373 corpus weight
- burguês
burguês
80,363 corpus weight
- caboclo
caboclo
80,361 corpus weight
- calções
calções
80,359 corpus weight
- caranguejo
caranguejo
80,355 corpus weight
- catolicismo
catolicismo
80,353 corpus weight
What this shows “burguês” 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 | burguês |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /buʁˈɡe(j)s/ [buɦˈɡe(ɪ̯)s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “burguês”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around burguês (IPA /buʁˈɡe(j)s/ [buɦˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,638 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for burguês, with forms such as "bburguês", "bruguês", and "bugruês". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "burguesia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is burguês, spelled B-U-R-G-U-Ê-S.
Definition
- 1que pertence ou diz respeito ao burgo, ao burguês¹ ou à burguesia
- 2tudo que é próprio da classe média socialmente
- 3algo que é ordinário, trivial ou acanhado
- 4de mau gosto
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how burguês appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O jovem burguês logo aprendia as regras do ofício paterno.
Para ser aceito na turma, adotou o estilo burguês de vestir-se e falar.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bburguês
- bruguês
- bugruês
- burgguês
- burgusê
- burguêss
- burgêus
- burrguês
- burugês
- ubrguês
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burguês - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "burguês", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).