bacavsbathTell them apart

Which to use

“baca” and “bath” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,421
“baca” frequency rank
#46,361
“bath” frequency rank
82782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baca bath
Definition Espacio para portar equipaje en el techo de los carruajes Baño.

Where the eye mixes baca and bath

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. baca (CVCV) and bath (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
baca
4 ch
bath

Look-alike desk: baca vs bath

A purely visual mix-up. baca ([ˈbaka]) and bath (/bɑːθ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baca is recorded at frequency rank #36,421, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbaka]. bath is at rank #46,361, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɑːθ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 82782, this pair ranks #8,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baca vs bath

Shared letters: ab. Private to "baca": c. Private to "bath": ht.

"baca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "bath" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • baca ← abca · baac · bacca · bbaca · bcaa
  • bath ← abth · baht · bathh · batth · bbath · btah · vath

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baca" for "bath" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaka] versus /bɑːθ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "baca" or "bath"?
"baca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,421 in our Spanish list, against #46,361 for "bath". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "baca" and "bath" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bath" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baca" and "bath" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bane vs bath". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #8,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list