Español homophones
baya/valla/vaya
"baya" is a noun; "vaya" is an intj - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "baya" arrives as a noun, while "vaya" is an intj. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "baya" is 4 letters, "valla" is 5; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "baya" is 4 letters, "vaya" is 4; only the sound ties them.
- Shared stem "va" then splits - "valla" (5 letters) vs "vaya" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across baya, valla, vaya: a. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
baya
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVV
Inventory aby · private by
valla
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory alv · private lv
vaya
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVV
Inventory avy · private vy
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "baya" when you mean: Fruto pequeño y dulce, habitualmente comestible y con muchas semillas.
- Write "valla" when you mean: Cerca hecha con diversos materiales, para delimitar un lugar o para cercarlo.
- Write "vaya" when you mean: Indica sorpresa, admiración o disgusto.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.