Bautista

name

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"bautista" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Bautista” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,330
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Spanish.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bautista · Bautista · English

Bautista · rank #30,330 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,330
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bambi

Nearest frequency peer: Bambi (-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 “Bautista”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Bautista” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bautista vs Baptist
75% similar
Bautista vs barista
63% similar
Bautista vs Batista
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bautista
PropertyValue
HeadwordBautista
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,330
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Bautista”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Bautistalands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Bambi” (#30,329), “Bengaluru” (#30,331), “Ayn” (#30,328). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Bautista” is #30,330. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bautista, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,330 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Spanish.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bautista, with forms such as "abutista", "batuista", and "bauitsta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Baptist", "barista", "Batista", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista. The correct English form is Bautista, spelled B-A-U-T-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abutista
  • batuista
  • bauitsta
  • bautisat
  • bautissta
  • bautistta
  • bautitsa
  • bautsita
  • bauttista
  • bbautista
  • buatista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bautista - 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.

abutista2batuista2bauitsta2bautisat2bautissta1bautistta1bautitsa2bautsita2
Edit distance from "Bautista"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bautista"?
"Bautista" is spelled B-A-U-T-I-S-T-A.
What does "Bautista" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bautista" means: A surname from Spanish.
What words are commonly confused with "Bautista"?
"Bautista" is commonly confused with "Baptist", "barista", "Batista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Bautista"?
Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bautista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list