bautismo

[bawˈt̪ismo]

/[bawˈt̪ismo]/ noun

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The verdict

“bautismo” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,290
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rito o sacramento de iniciación o purificación, que es común en varias y diferentes religiones, así como en varias comuniones y denominaciones cristianas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bautismo · bautismo · Spanish

bautismo · rank #15,290 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,290
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH banquillo

Nearest frequency peer: banquillo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “bautismo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

bautismo vs budismo
75% similar
bautismo vs bautizo
75% similar
bautismo vs bautista
75% similar

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

Key facts for bautismo
PropertyValue
Headwordbautismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bawˈt̪ismo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,290
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bautismo”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “banquillo” (#15,289), “Belgrado” (#15,291), “aver” (#15,288). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bautismo” va en #15,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bautismo (IPA [bawˈt̪ismo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,290 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bautismo, with forms such as "abutismo", "batuismo", and "bauitsmo". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "budismo", "bautizo", "bautista", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is bautismo, spelled B-A-U-T-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rito o sacramento de iniciación o purificación, que es común en varias y diferentes religiones, así como en varias comuniones y denominaciones cristianas.
  2. 2
    Bautizo.

This word in other languages

baptism(English)Taufe(Deutsch)batismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abutismo
  • batuismo
  • bauitsmo
  • bautimso
  • bautismmo
  • bautisom
  • bautissmo
  • bautsimo
  • bauttismo
  • bbautismo
  • buatismo
  • vautismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abutismo2batuismo2bauitsmo2bautimso2bautismmo1bautisom2bautissmo1bautsimo2
Edit distance from "bautismo"

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 "bautismo"?
"bautismo" is spelled B-A-U-T-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [bawˈt̪ismo].
What does "bautismo" mean?
As a noun, "bautismo" means: Rito o sacramento de iniciación o purificación, que es común en varias y diferentes religiones, así como en varias comuniones y denominaciones cristianas.
What words are commonly confused with "bautismo"?
"bautismo" is commonly confused with "budismo", "bautizo", "bautista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bautismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bautismo" is [bawˈt̪ismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bautismo" come from?
"bautismo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Belgrado#15,291boxeador#15,292cachorro#15,295atendido#15,283

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

banquillo12 variantscalabaza12 variantsasquerosa12 variantsarriesgado12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list