Which to use
“bojo” and “botão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,722
- “bojo” frequency rank
- #4,293
- “botão” frequency rank
- 49015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bojo | botão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | barriga grande | dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo |
Where the eye mixes bojo and botão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bojo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against botão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses bojo with botão
A purely visual mix-up. bojo (/ˈbo.ʒu/) and botão (/bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bojo is recorded at frequency rank #44,722, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbo.ʒu/. 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 49015, this pair ranks #16,064 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bojo vs botão
Shared letters: bo. Private to "bojo": j. Private to "botão": tã.
"bojo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "botão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bojo ← bbojo · bjoo · bojjo · booj · objo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bojo" and "botão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bojo" or "botão" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bojo" and "botão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bojo" 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 #16,064 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bojo" and "botão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bojo vs bolor". 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 #16,064 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.