# boa vs bossa

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### boa
*noun · IPA /ˈbo.ɐ/ · frequency rank #165*
jiboia

### bossa
*noun · frequency rank #17,713*
protuberância anormal, nas costas ou no peito, resultante do desvio da espinha dorsal ou do esterno; corcova, geba, giba

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/boa-vs-bossa