# Batista

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,870

## Definitions
1. A surname from the Romance languages, Spanish, or Portuguese.

## Etymology
From Romance (Spanish Batista and Portuguese Batista).

## Easily confused with
- **Bautista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batista-vs-bautista)
- **Baptist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baptist-vs-batista)
- **barista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barista-vs-batista)
- **Baptiste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baptiste-vs-batista)

## Common misspellings (10)
`abtista`, `baitsta`, `batisat`, `batissta`, `batistta`, `batitsa`, `batsita`, `battista`, `bbatista`, `btaista`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/batista