bata
"bata" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bata” is uncommon English (frequency #52,802 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,802
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bata · bata · English
bata · rank #52,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,802
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bashes
Nearest frequency peer: bashes (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “bata”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- barony
barony
47,202 corpus weight
- barret
barret
47,201 corpus weight
- bashes
bashes
47,200 corpus weight
- bata
bata
47,199 corpus weight
- BEM
BEM
47,198 corpus weight
- Bernhardt
Bernhardt
47,197 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bata” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bata |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bata” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bata is uncommon English at frequency #52,802 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.".
bata has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yoruba bàtá. The correct English form is bata, spelled B-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bata appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine.
Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together.
Etymology
From Yoruba bàtá.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).