Which to use
“bocão” is an adjective and “botão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,450
- “bocão” frequency rank
- #4,293
- “botão” frequency rank
- 44743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bocão | botão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que fala mais da conta, linguarudo | dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo |
Where the eye mixes bocão and botão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bocão and botão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: bocão vs botão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bocão is /bo.'koŋ/ while botão is /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “bocão” becomes t in “botão”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bocão is recorded at frequency rank #40,450, classified as anadj, pronounced /bo.'koŋ/. botão is at rank #4,293, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
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 44743, this pair ranks #20,686 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bocão vs botão
Shared letters: boã. Private to "bocão": c. Private to "botão": t.
"bocão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "botão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bocão" for "botão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bocão" or "botão"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bocão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "botão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,686 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bocão" and "botão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bocão vs borrão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,686 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.