baile

/[ˈbajle]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,644

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

baile is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de bailar. Pronounced [ˈbajle]. It ranks #2,644 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bal and base.

Key facts for baile
PropertyValue
Headwordbaile
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbajle]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,644
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for baile is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbajle]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,644 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for baile, with forms such as "abile", "baiel", and "baille". 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, "bal", "base", "bill", 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 baile, spelled B-A-I-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de bailar.
  2. 2
    Pieza musical para bailar.
  3. 3
    Local en que se baila.
  4. 4
    Fiesta o reunión en que se baila.
  5. 5
    Forma convencional y estilizada de bailar un determinado ritmo o estilo.
  6. 6
    Interludio bailado que se representaba entre las piezas de una trilogía cómica clásica.
  7. 7
    Transposición de datos ordenados que altera accidentalmente su sentido.
  8. 8
    Por extensión, cambio repetido en el orden o administración de algo.
  9. 9
    Enfrentamiento físico entre dos o más personas.
  10. 10
    Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abile,baiel,baille,balie,bbaile,biale,vaile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for baile

Misspelling Variants of "baile"

abile5baiel5baille6balie5bbaile6biale5vaile5
Misspelling Variants of "baile"

Frequency rank: #2,644 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baile"?
"baile" is spelled B-A-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbajle].
What does "baile" mean?
As a noun, "baile" means: Acción o efecto de bailar.
What words are commonly confused with "baile"?
"baile" is commonly confused with "bal", "base", "bill". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baile" is [ˈbajle]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baile" come from?
"baile" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.