boravsbotarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bora is a intj, botar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bora” is an intj and “botar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,027
“bora” frequency rank
#8,299
“botar” frequency rank
21326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bora botar
Definition expressão para convidar e induzir que se tome parte junto numa ação (de) pôr

Letter map: bora vs botar

Shared letters muted; letters that set bora and botar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
bora
5 ch
botar

Grammar separator: bora vs botar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bora is anintj and botaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bora is recorded at frequency rank #13,027, classified as anintj. botar is at rank #8,299, tagged as averb, pronounced /bu.ˈtaɾ/.

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 21326, this pair ranks #48,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bora vs botar

Shared letters: abor. Private to "bora": -. Private to "botar": t.

"bora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "botar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • borabbora · boar
  • botarbbotar · boatr · botarr · botra · bottar · btoar · obtar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bora" and "botar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bora" is an intj and "botar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bora" or "botar" show up more?
"botar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,299 in our Portuguese list, against #13,027 for "bora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bora" and "botar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "bora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "botar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bora" and "botar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bora vs borrão". 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 #48,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list