Baal
[baˈal]
The verdict
“Baal” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #47,582 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #47,582
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dios que era venerado por varios pueblos en Asia Menor y en su esfera de influencia, tales como los cananeos, fenicios, cartagineses, caldeos, babilonios, filisteos, etc., adjudicado jefe de los di...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [baˈal] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Baal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Baal is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈal]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,582 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dios que era venerado por varios pueblos en Asia Menor y en su esfera de influencia, tales como los cananeos, fenicios, cartagineses, caldeos, babilonios, filisteos, etc., adjudicado jefe de los di...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for Baal, including "baall" and "bbaal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bla", "bad", "bay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Baal, spelled B-A-A-L.
Definition
- 1Dios que era venerado por varios pueblos en Asia Menor y en su esfera de influencia, tales como los cananeos, fenicios, cartagineses, caldeos, babilonios, filisteos, etc., adjudicado jefe de los dioses del panteón cananeo y fenicio en el primer milenio a. C.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: baall,bbaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Baal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Baal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bla” - see the side-by-side comparison. Baal vs bla
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.