Bataan
/bɐ.tɐˈʔan/
"bataan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bataan” is uncommon English (frequency #57,234 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,234
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Balanga.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bataan · Bataan · English
Bataan · rank #57,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,234
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bassline
Nearest frequency peer: bassline (-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 “Bataan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bantamweight
bantamweight
42,771 corpus weight
- bassline
bassline
42,768 corpus weight
- Bataan
Bataan
42,767 corpus weight
- Bechtel
Bechtel
42,766 corpus weight
- Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
42,765 corpus weight
- belay
belay
42,764 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bataan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bataan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bɐ.tɐˈʔan/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bataan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bataan is uncommon English at frequency #57,234 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /bɐ.tɐˈʔan/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Balanga.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bataan, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Bataan, from Tagalog Bataan. The correct English form is Bataan, spelled B-A-T-A-A-N.
Definition
- 1A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Balanga.
Etymology
From Spanish Bataan, from Tagalog Bataan.
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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