batismal

/ba.tiʒ.ˈmaɫ/

//ba.tiʒ.ˈmaɫ// adj

The verdict

“batismal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,946 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,946
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao batismo

Corpus desk

Index PT-batismal · batismal · Portuguese

batismal · rank #67,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,946
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bamboo

Nearest frequency peer: bamboo (-4 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 “batismal”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for batismal
PropertyValue
Headwordbatismal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ba.tiʒ.ˈmaɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “batismal” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).batismalcai 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: “bamboo” (#67,942), “benzer” (#67,952), “bidê” (#67,955). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “batismal” fica em #67,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

batismal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,946 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ba.tiʒ.ˈmaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo ao batismo".

batismal has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is batismal, spelled B-A-T-I-S-M-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ao batismo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "batismal"?
"batismal" is spelled B-A-T-I-S-M-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ba.tiʒ.ˈmaɫ/.
What does "batismal" mean?
As an adjective, "batismal" means: relativo ao batismo
How do you pronounce "batismal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "batismal" is /ba.tiʒ.ˈmaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "batismal" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list