Which to use
“borrão” and “botão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,282
- “borrão” frequency rank
- #4,293
- “botão” frequency rank
- 52575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | borrão | botão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sujidade | dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo |
Where the eye mixes borrão and botão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. borrão 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.
Visual trap between borrão and botão
A purely visual mix-up. borrão (/bu.ˈRɐ̃w̃/) 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 52575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
borrão is recorded at frequency rank #48,282, classified as anoun, pronounced /bu.ˈRɐ̃w̃/. 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 52575, this pair ranks #12,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of borrão vs botão
Shared letters: boã. Private to "borrão": r. Private to "botão": t.
"borrão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "botão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "borrão" and "botão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "borrão" or "botão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "borrão" and "botão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "borrão" 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 #12,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "borrão" and "botão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "borrão vs borrego". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #12,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.