Which to use
“bom” is an adjective and “bota” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #96
- “bom” frequency rank
- #8,725
- “bota” frequency rank
- 8821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bom | bota |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que corresponde plenamente ao que é exigido, desejado ou esperado quanto à sua natureza, adequação, função, eficácia, funcionamento etc. (falando de ser ou coisa) | calçado que cobre o pé e parte da canela |
Letter map: bom vs bota
Shared letters muted; letters that set bom and bota apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for bom / bota
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bom is anadjective and botaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bom is recorded at frequency rank #96, classified as anadj. bota is at rank #8,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɔ.tə/.
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 8821, this pair ranks #64,819 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bom vs bota
Shared letters: bo. Private to "bom": m. Private to "bota": at.
"bom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "bota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bota ← bbota · botta · btoa · obta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bom" for "bota" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bom" vs "bota" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "bom" vs "bota" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "bom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,819 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bom" and "bota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bolota vs bota". 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 #64,819 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.