Which to use
“bom” is an adjective and “boxe” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #96
- “bom” frequency rank
- #7,737
- “boxe” frequency rank
- 7833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bom | boxe |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | jogo de murro em que dois contendores, com luvas especiais, se defrontam; pugilismo |
Letter map: bom vs boxe
Shared letters muted; letters that set bom and boxe apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for bom / boxe
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bom is anadjective and boxeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bom is recorded at frequency rank #96, classified as anadj. boxe is at rank #7,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɔ.ksɨ/.
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 7833, this pair ranks #66,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bom vs boxe
Shared letters: bo. Private to "bom": m. Private to "boxe": ex.
"bom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "boxe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- boxe ← bboxe · boex · boxxe · bxoe · obxe
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bom" and "boxe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bom" or "boxe"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bom" and "boxe".
- Full dictionary entry for "bom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boxe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bom" and "boxe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bile vs boxe". 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 #66,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.