Which to use
“borrar” and “botar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,857
- “borrar” frequency rank
- #8,299
- “botar” frequency rank
- 50156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | borrar | botar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cobrir com bosta a eira terrosa, previamente à malha do cereal, para assim facilitar a lavoura. | pôr |
Where the eye mixes borrar and botar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: borrar vs botar
A purely visual mix-up. borrar (/bo.ˈraɾ/) and botar (/bu.ˈtaɾ/) 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 50156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
borrar is recorded at frequency rank #41,857, classified as averb, pronounced /bo.ˈraɾ/. 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 50156, this pair ranks #14,833 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of borrar vs botar
Shared letters: abor. Private to "borrar": -. Private to "botar": t.
"borrar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "botar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "borrar" and "botar" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "borrar" or "botar"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "borrar" and "botar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "borrar" 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 #14,833 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "borrar" and "botar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "borrão vs borrar". 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 #14,833 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.