bathvsbazaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#46,361
“bath” frequency rank
#25,917
“baza” frequency rank
72278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bath baza
Definition Baño. En ciertos juegos de naipes: conjunto de cartas que se usan en una jugada, y también aquellas que recoge el que gana la mano.

Where the eye mixes bath and baza

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
bath
4 ch
baza

Look-alike desk: bath vs baza

A purely visual mix-up. bath (/bɑːθ/) and baza ([ˈbasa]) 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 72278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bath is recorded at frequency rank #46,361, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɑːθ/. baza is at rank #25,917, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbasa].

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 72278, this pair ranks #25,702 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bath vs baza

Shared letters: ab. Private to "bath": ht. Private to "baza": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bathabth · baht · bathh · batth · bbath · btah · vath
  • bazaabza · baaz · bazza · bbaza · bzaa · vaza

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bath" for "baza" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/bɑːθ/ versus [ˈbasa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "bath" or "baza" show up more?
"baza" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,917 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "baza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,702 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bath" and "baza" 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 #25,702 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