bata
"bata" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bata” is uncommon English (frequency #52,802 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,802
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “bata” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bata is uncommon English at frequency #52,802 among 31,241 “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.
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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Using “bata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.