blade vs bode, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“blade” and “bode” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,796
“blade” frequency rank: #13,898
“bode” frequency rank: 34694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	blade	bode
Definition	lâmina	o macho da cabra (Capra aegagrus hircus).

Letter map: blade vs bode

Shared letters muted; letters that set blade and bode apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

blade

4 ch

bode

Corpus notes: blade and bode

blade and bode are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blade is recorded at frequency rank #20,796, classified as anoun. bode is at rank #13,898, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɔ.dɨ/.

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 34694, this pair ranks #32,511 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blade vs bode

Shared letters: bde. Private to "blade": al. Private to "bode": o.

"blade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "bode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

blade ← bblade · bladde · blaed · bldae · bllade · lbade
bode ← bbode · bdoe · bodde · boed · obde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "blade" for "bode" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "blade" or "bode"?

"bode" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,898 in our Portuguese list, against #20,796 for "blade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "blade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "bode" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #32,511 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"blade" and "bode" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bile vs bode". 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 #32,511 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.