baita

/ˈbaj.tə/

//ˈbaj.tə// adj

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The verdict

“baita” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,067
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - muito grande

Corpus desk

Index PT-baita · baita · Portuguese

baita · rank #19,067 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,067
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH aversão

Nearest frequency peer: aversão (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “baita”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “baita” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

baita vs bit
60% similar
baita vs bia
60% similar
baita vs bat
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for baita
PropertyValue
Headwordbaita
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈbaj.tə/
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,067
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “baita”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).baitacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “aversão” (#19,066), “baunilha” (#19,069), “beer” (#19,070). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “baita” fica em #19,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around baita (IPA /ˈbaj.tə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,067 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for baita, with forms such as "abita", "baiat", and "baitta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bit", "bia", "bat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is baita, spelled B-A-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    muito grande
  2. 2
    desenvolvido, crescido
  3. 3
    valente, corajoso
  4. 4
    de boa aparência e qualidade superior
  5. 5
    habilidoso, exímio
  6. 6
    que tem dimensão grande, volumoso e de formato atraente

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A minissaia fez um baita sucesso quando foi lançada.
  2. Uma baita bunda.

Synonyms

de respeitode responsagandaputasenhortremendo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abita
  • baiat
  • baitta
  • batia
  • bbaita
  • biata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baita - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abita2baiat2baitta1batia2bbaita1biata2
Edit distance from "baita"

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 "baita"?
"baita" is spelled B-A-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbaj.tə/.
What does "baita" mean?
As an adjective, "baita" means: muito grande
What words are commonly confused with "baita"?
"baita" is commonly confused with "bit", "bia", "bat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baita" is /ˈbaj.tə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baita" come from?
"baita" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aspas#19,062arcar#19,058Butão#19,076ain't#19,041

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Berg6 variantsnegão6 variantsfish6 variantsship6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list