Which to use
“bailado” and “bastado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,518
- “bailado” frequency rank
- #43,998
- “bastado” frequency rank
- 82516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bailado | bastado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de bailar. | Participio de bastar. |
Where the eye mixes bailado and bastado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bailado (CVVCVCV) and bastado (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses bailado with bastado
A purely visual mix-up. bailado ([bajˈlað̞o]) and bastado ([basˈt̪að̞o]) 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 82516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bailado is recorded at frequency rank #38,518, classified as averb, pronounced [bajˈlað̞o]. bastado is at rank #43,998, tagged as averb, pronounced [basˈt̪að̞o].
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 82516, this pair ranks #9,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bailado vs bastado
Shared letters: abdo. Private to "bailado": il. Private to "bastado": st.
"bailado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "bastado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bailado" and "bastado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bailado" vs "bastado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bailado" and "bastado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bailado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bastado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bailado" and "bastado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bastado vs botado". 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 #9,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.