bailar

/[bajˈlaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,965

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bailar is aSpanishverb. It means: Mover el cuerpo de forma rítmica, generalmente acompañado de música. Pronounced [bajˈlaɾ]. It ranks #2,965 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bala and bajar.

Key facts for bailar
PropertyValue
Headwordbailar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bajˈlaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,965
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bailar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bailar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bajˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,965 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for bailar, with forms such as "abilar", "baialr", and "bailarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bala", "bajar", "baile", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bailar, spelled B-A-I-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mover el cuerpo de forma rítmica, generalmente acompañado de música.
  2. 2
    Dicho de una cosa, moverse por no encajar ajustadamente o por moverse su punto de apoyo o suspensión.
  3. 3
    En particular, girar una cosa sobre sí misma, como un trompo.
  4. 4
    Moverse espontáneamente por puro placer o exceso de energía.
  5. 5
    En particular, moverse nerviosamente un caballo.
  6. 6
    Moverse un elemento de una composición fuera de su sitio.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abilar,baialr,bailarr,baillar,bailra,baliar,bbailar,bialar,vailar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bailar

Misspelling Variants of "bailar"

abilar6baialr6bailarr7baillar7bailra6baliar6bbailar7bialar6
Misspelling Variants of "bailar"

Frequency rank: #2,965 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bailar"?
"bailar" is spelled B-A-I-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bajˈlaɾ].
What does "bailar" mean?
As a verb, "bailar" means: Mover el cuerpo de forma rítmica, generalmente acompañado de música.
What words are commonly confused with "bailar"?
"bailar" is commonly confused with "bala", "bajar", "baile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bailar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bailar" is [bajˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bailar" come from?
"bailar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.