bao
[ˈbao]
The verdict
“bao” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,424) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #36,424
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de los maderos que de trecho en trecho atraviesan de babor a estribor, endentados sobre los durmientes y sirven para aguantar los costados, y sostener las cubiertas con todo el peso de la ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-bao · bao · Spanish
bao · rank #36,424 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,424
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH baladas
Nearest frequency peer: baladas (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “bao”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- azota
azota
63,581 corpus weight
- baca
baca
63,580 corpus weight
- baladas
baladas
63,578 corpus weight
- bao
bao
63,577 corpus weight
- batata
batata
63,575 corpus weight
- bañador
bañador
63,573 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “bao” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | bao |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbao] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #36,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “bao”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for bao is neighbouring look-alikes ("by", "be", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈbao]. Frequency #36,424 among 2,459 “B” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bao, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "be", "bo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bao, spelled B-A-O.
Definition
- 1Cada uno de los maderos que de trecho en trecho atraviesan de babor a estribor, endentados sobre los durmientes y sirven para aguantar los costados, y sostener las cubiertas con todo el peso de la artillería y demás efectos: hacen el oficio de las vigas en las casas. En algunos buques se emplean baos de hierro, que ofrecen las ventajas de ser más ligeros, más sólidos y de menos bulto.
- 2Cada uno de los maderos que se ponen a derecha e izquierda de un palo o mastelero, en el sentido de popa a proa, descansando sobre las cacholas, o loscanes, para sostener las cofas, y crucetas.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bao", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).