baço vs bah, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“baço” is an adjective and “bah” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,254
“baço” frequency rank: #30,437
“bah” frequency rank: 61691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	baço	bah
Definition	diz-se da cor sem brilho, embaciada	expressa espanto ou admiração

Letter map: baço vs bah

Shared letters muted; letters that set baço and bah apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. baço runs 4 letters (CVCV) against bah's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch

baço

3 ch

bah

Role in the sentence - baço and bah

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: baço is anadjective and bahanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baço is recorded at frequency rank #31,254, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈba.su/. bah is at rank #30,437, tagged as anintj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 61691, this pair ranks #7,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baço vs bah

Shared letters: ab. Private to "baço": oç. Private to "bah": h.

"baço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "bah" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baço" for "bah" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baço" is an adjective and "bah" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "baço" vs "bah" - which ranks higher?

"bah" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,437 in our Portuguese list, against #31,254 for "baço". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "baço" vs "bah" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "baço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "bah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #7,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"baço" and "bah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baço vs brio". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.