Which to use
“baião” and “baila” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,438
- “baião” frequency rank
- #35,025
- “baila” frequency rank
- 65463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baião | baila |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tabua-larga (Typha latifolia) | baile |
Where the eye mixes baião and baila
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. baião (CVVVV) and baila (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: baião vs baila
A purely visual mix-up. baião (/baj.'oŋ/) and baila (/ˈbaj.lɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baião is recorded at frequency rank #30,438, classified as anoun, pronounced /baj.'oŋ/. baila is at rank #35,025, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbaj.lɐ/.
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 65463, this pair ranks #5,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of baião vs baila
Shared letters: abi. Private to "baião": oã. Private to "baila": l.
"baião" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "baila" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- baila ← abila · baial · bailla · balia · bbaila · biala
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "baião" and "baila" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "baião" vs "baila" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "baião" and "baila" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "baião" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baila" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baião" and "baila" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baila vs bile". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #5,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.