# barista vs Batista

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### barista
*noun · IPA /bəˈɹiːs.tə/ · frequency rank #28,124*
A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

### Batista
*name · frequency rank #31,870*
A surname from the Romance languages, Spanish, or Portuguese.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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