baka
/ˈbɑːkə/
"baka" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baka” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,633
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baka · baka · English
baka · rank #44,633 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,633
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Baidu
Nearest frequency peer: Baidu (-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 “baka”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Ayrton
Ayrton
55,372 corpus weight
- backpacker
backpacker
55,370 corpus weight
- Baidu
Baidu
55,369 corpus weight
- baka
baka
55,368 corpus weight
- Banbury
Banbury
55,367 corpus weight
- Bankstown
Bankstown
55,365 corpus weight
What this shows “baka” 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 | baka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɑːkə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “baka”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around baka (IPA /ˈbɑːkə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,633 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for baka, with forms such as "abka", "baak", and "bakka". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bar", "bay", "ban", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is baka, spelled B-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Under his sign the malevolent bocor may take the shape of an animal, and men may be transformed into terrible bakas.
A person has only to serve the baka incorrectly to have it turn against its owner and do him irremediable harm by reason of the very duality of its composition.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abka
- baak
- bakka
- bbaka
- bkaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baka - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "baka", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).