Which to use
“body” is a noun and “bom” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,578
- “body” frequency rank
- #96
- “bom” frequency rank
- 8674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | body | bom |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | corpo | que corresponde plenamente ao que é exigido, desejado ou esperado quanto à sua natureza, adequação, função, eficácia, funcionamento etc. (falando de ser ou coisa) |
Letter map: body vs bom
Shared letters muted; letters that set body and bom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for body / bom
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: body is anoun and bomanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
body is recorded at frequency rank #8,578, classified as anoun. bom is at rank #96, tagged as anadj.
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 8674, this pair ranks #65,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of body vs bom
Shared letters: bo. Private to "body": dy. Private to "bom": m.
"body" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "bom" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- body ← bbody · bdoy · boddy · bodyy · boyd · obdy
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "body" for "bom" ever safe?
Which is more common, "body" or "bom"?
What to do next
Pair "body" vs "bom" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "body" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "body" and "bom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "body vs busy". 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 #65,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.