Which to use
“boto” and “botões” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,714
- “boto” frequency rank
- #9,628
- “botões” frequency rank
- 27342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boto | botões |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos Inia geoffrensis, nativo da Amazônia e das costas do Atlântico e Pacífico, parecido com um golfinho | bardana, (Arctium lappa), flor e infrutescência da mesma planta, que prende no cabelo e na roupa |
Letter map: boto vs botões
Shared letters muted; letters that set boto and botões apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on boto vs botões
boto and botões 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boto is recorded at frequency rank #17,714, classified as anoun. botões is at rank #9,628, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bo.'tois/.
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 27342, this pair ranks #41,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of boto vs botões
Shared letters: bot. Private to "boto": -. Private to "botões": esõ.
"boto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "botões" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- boto ← bboto · botto · btoo · obto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "boto" and "botões" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "boto" or "botões"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "boto" and "botões".
- Full dictionary entry for "boto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "botões" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boto" and "botões" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bolor vs boto". 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 #41,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.