bússola
/ˈbu.su.lɐ/
The verdict
“bússola” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,231
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento usado para determinar direções por meio de uma agulha magnetizada com movimento livre que sempre indica o norte magnético
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bússola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbu.su.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bússola” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around bússola (IPA /ˈbu.su.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,231 among 2,073 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "instrumento usado para determinar direções por meio de uma agulha magnetizada com movimento livre que sempre indica o norte magnético".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bússola, with forms such as "bbússola", "bsúsola", and "búsola". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is bússola, spelled B-Ú-S-S-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento usado para determinar direções por meio de uma agulha magnetizada com movimento livre que sempre indica o norte magnético
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbússola,bsúsola,búsola,búsosla,bússloa,bússoal,bússolla,úbssola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bússola - 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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Using “bússola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-Ú-S-S-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbu.su.lɐ/ (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
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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.