baio
/ˈbaj.u/
The verdict
“baio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,989 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,989
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - da cor do ouro fosco e esmaecido, amarelado
Corpus desk
Index PT-baio · baio · Portuguese
baio · rank #65,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,989
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH autenticado
Nearest frequency peer: autenticado (-5 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 “baio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- argento
argento
34,033 corpus weight
- autenticado
autenticado
34,017 corpus weight
- baio
baio
34,012 corpus weight
- began
began
34,002 corpus weight
- beluga
beluga
34,000 corpus weight
- biônico
biônico
33,992 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “baio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbaj.u/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “baio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
baio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,989 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbaj.u/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for baio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is baio, spelled B-A-I-O.
Definition
- 1da cor do ouro fosco e esmaecido, amarelado
- 2pelagem de cor amarela nos bovinos e pelagem amarela acompanhada de crinas escuras nos equinos
This word in other languages
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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