Which to use
“Base” and “boxe” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #422
- “Base” frequency rank
- #7,737
- “boxe” frequency rank
- 8159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Base | boxe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | base | jogo de murro em que dois contendores, com luvas especiais, se defrontam; pugilismo |
Where the eye mixes Base and boxe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Base and boxe
A purely visual mix-up. Base (/baːzə/) and boxe (/ˈbɔ.ksɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Base is recorded at frequency rank #422, classified as anoun, pronounced /baːzə/. boxe is at rank #7,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɔ.ksɨ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8159, this pair ranks #65,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Base vs boxe
Shared letters: be. Private to "Base": as. Private to "boxe": ox.
"Base" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "boxe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Base" and "boxe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Base" or "boxe" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Base" and "boxe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Base" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boxe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Base" and "boxe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bile vs boxe". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #65,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.