Bahamas
/ba.ha.mas/
The verdict
“Bahamas” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,890 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,890
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bahamas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bahamas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ba.ha.mas/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bahamas” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Bahamas is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ba.ha.mas/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,890 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bahamas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bahamas, with forms such as "abhamas", "baahmas", and "bahaams". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Bahamas, spelled B-A-H-A-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1Bahamas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abhamas,baahmas,bahaams,bahamass,bahammas,bahamsa,bahhamas,bahmaas,bbahamas,bhaamas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bahamas - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bahamas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-A-H-A-M-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ba.ha.mas/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.