Bahamas
/bəˈhɑː.məz/
"bahamas" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bahamas” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,276
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bahamas · Bahamas · English
Bahamas · rank #14,276 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,276
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH backbone
Nearest frequency peer: backbone (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Bahamas”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bach
bach
85,727 corpus weight
- backbone
backbone
85,726 corpus weight
- Bahamas
Bahamas
85,725 corpus weight
- beetle
beetle
85,724 corpus weight
- blizzard
blizzard
85,723 corpus weight
- Bolivia
Bolivia
85,722 corpus weight
What this shows “Bahamas” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bahamas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bəˈhɑː.məz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Bahamas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bahamas (IPA /bəˈhɑː.məz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,276 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bahamas, with forms such as "abhamas", "baahmas", and "bahaams". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bananas", "Bahamian", "Bahama", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar (“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma (“big upper middle land”), via Spanish. The correct English form is Bahamas, spelled B-A-H-A-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Etymology
Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar (“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma (“big upper middle land”), via Spanish.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abhamas
- baahmas
- bahaams
- bahamass
- bahammas
- bahamsa
- bahhamas
- bahmaas
- bbahamas
- bhaamas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bahamas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bahamas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).