baías

/ba'i.as/

//ba'i.as// noun

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The verdict

“baías” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,715 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,715
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de baía

Corpus desk

Index PT-baias · baías · Portuguese

baías · rank #53,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,715
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bier

Nearest frequency peer: Bier (+7 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “baías”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “baías” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baías
PropertyValue
Headwordbaías
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ba'i.as/
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “baías” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).baíascai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Bier” (#53,722), “bordar” (#53,729), “boro” (#53,730). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “baías” fica em #53,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baías is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,715 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ba'i.as/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural de baía".

Zero misspellings are on record for baías in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is baías, spelled B-A-Í-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural de baía

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baías"?
"baías" is spelled B-A-Í-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ba'i.as/.
What does "baías" mean?
As a noun, "baías" means: plural de baía
How do you pronounce "baías"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baías" is /ba'i.as/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baías" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baías", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

afiar#53,682clico#53,764coala#53,766comet#53,769

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list