bautizar
[bawt̪iˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“bautizar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #38,526 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #38,526
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Iniciar al neófito en algunas iglesias cristianas, sumergiéndolo o lavándolo con agua sacramental.
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 | bautizar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bawt̪iˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bautizar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bautizar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bawt̪iˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,526 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bautizar, with forms such as "abutizar", "batuizar", and "bauitzar". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bautizo", "bautizaron", "Baltazar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bautizar, spelled B-A-U-T-I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Iniciar al neófito en algunas iglesias cristianas, sumergiéndolo o lavándolo con agua sacramental.
- 2Por extensión, dar nombre a alguien o algo, como se hace tradicionalmente al bautizar.₁.
- 3Por extensión, poner un sobrenombre a alguien o algo.
- 4Por extensión, arrojar un líquido sobre alguno.
- 5Por extensión, mezclar el vino con agua.
- 6Más generalmente, diluir parcial y subrepticiamente otro líquido en agua.
- 7Darle un mordisco a la propia torta durante el día en el que se cumple años, una vez que se recibió el canto del feliz cumpleaños y se soplaron las velitas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abutizar,batuizar,bauitzar,bautiazr,bautizarr,bautizra,bautizzar,bauttizar,bautziar,bbautizar,buatizar,vautizar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bautizar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “bautizar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-U-T-I-Z-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bawt̪iˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bautizo” - see the side-by-side comparison. bautizar vs bautizo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.