Which to use
“bordão” and “botão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,857
- “bordão” frequency rank
- #4,293
- “botão” frequency rank
- 35150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bordão | botão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vara de apoio | dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo |
Letter map: bordão vs botão
Shared letters muted; letters that set bordão and botão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. bordão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against botão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on bordão vs botão
bordão and botão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bordão is recorded at frequency rank #30,857, classified as anoun. 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 35150, this pair ranks #31,938 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bordão vs botão
Shared letters: boã. Private to "bordão": dr. Private to "botão": t.
"bordão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "botão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bordão" and "botão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bordão" vs "botão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bordão" and "botão".
- Full dictionary entry for "bordão" 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 #31,938 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bordão" and "botão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordão vs borrão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,938 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.