burro

/ˈbu.χu/

//ˈbu.χu// adj

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The verdict

“burro” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,387
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - asnático; tolo; estúpido; grosseiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-burro · burro · Portuguese

burro · rank #5,387 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,387
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH cancelar

Nearest frequency peer: cancelar (+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 “burro”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “burro” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

burro vs Butão
40% similar
burro vs busto
60% similar
burro vs bufo
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for burro
PropertyValue
Headwordburro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈbu.χu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,387
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “burro”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).burrocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cancelar” (#5,388), “carrega” (#5,389), “barba” (#5,384). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “burro” fica em #5,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around burro (IPA /ˈbu.χu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,387 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for burro, with forms such as "bburro", "bruro", and "buro". 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, "Butão", "busto", "bufo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is burro, spelled B-U-R-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    asnático; tolo; estúpido; grosseiro
  2. 2
    diz-se de uma espécie de tijolo não cozido; lambaz
  3. 3
    diz-se de uma espécie de pero esbranquiçado
  4. 4
    diz-se de uma espécie de milho amarelo muito desenvolvido, quer nas folhas, quer nos grãos

Synonyms

antajericomula

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bburro
  • bruro
  • buro
  • buror
  • ubrro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burro - 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.

bburro1bruro2buro1buror2ubrro2
Edit distance from "burro"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "burro"?
"burro" is spelled B-U-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbu.χu/.
What does "burro" mean?
As an adjective, "burro" means: asnático; tolo; estúpido; grosseiro
What words are commonly confused with "burro"?
"burro" is commonly confused with "Butão", "busto", "bufo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "burro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "burro" is /ˈbu.χu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "burro" come from?
"burro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "burro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barba#5,384cinza#5,392comeu#5,395dente#5,404

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

selo5 variantssoma5 variantsgajo5 variantsvela5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list