baño

Name: baño, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbaɲo]

/[ˈbaɲo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“baño” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,365
frequency rank, Spanish: 2,459
“B” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inmersión o rociado del cuerpo con agua para el aseo personal o para refrescarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bano · baño · Spanish

baño · rank #1,365 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,365
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-MID 2,459
PHOTO-FINISH volvió

Nearest frequency peer: volvió (-1 rank slots)

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.

tantos

98,639
teoría

98,638
volvió

98,637
baño

98,636
característ…

98,635
compañeros

98,634

What this shows “baño” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

baño vs bo

50% similar

baño vs ben

25% similar

baño vs bay

50% similar

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

Key facts for baño
Property	Value
Headword	baño
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈbaɲo]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#1,365
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “baño”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).bañocae aquí:

#1,365

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “volvió” (#1,364), “características” (#1,366), “teoría” (#1,363). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “baño” va en #1,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around baño (IPA [ˈbaɲo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,365 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for baño, with forms such as "abño", "baoñ", and "bbaño". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bo", "ben", "bay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is baño, spelled B-A-Ñ-O.

Definition

1
Inmersión o rociado del cuerpo con agua para el aseo personal o para refrescarse.
2
Disolución de un producto en un líquido para teñir, galvanizar, revelar fotografías, etc.
3
Capa de metal con que se cubre una joya de bisutería o un objeto de metal, para mejorar su aspecto o protegerlo de la corrosión.
4
Bañera.
5
Habitación de la casa habilitada para tomar baños y otras tareas referentes al aseo e higiene personal:
6
Orden inglesa con tres categorías.

Synonyms

cuarto de bañocuarto de aseosanitario

This word in other languages

bath(English)bain(Français)Bad(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

abño
baoñ
bbaño
bñao
vaño

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "baño"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baño"?

"baño" is spelled B-A-Ñ-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɲo].

What does "baño" mean?

As a noun, "baño" means: Inmersión o rociado del cuerpo con agua para el aseo personal o para refrescarse.

What words are commonly confused with "baño"?

"baño" is commonly confused with "bo", "ben", "bay". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "baño"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baño" is [ˈbaɲo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "baño" come from?

"baño" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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