baiãovsbatidoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: baião is a noun, batido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“baião” is a noun and “batido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,438
“baião” frequency rank
#9,626
“batido” frequency rank
40064
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baião batido
Definition tabua-larga (Typha latifolia) que tem sido usado por muitos

Letter map: baião vs batido

Shared letters muted; letters that set baião and batido apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. baião runs 5 letters (CVVVV) against batido's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
baião
6 ch
batido

Role in the sentence - baião and batido

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: baião is anoun and batidoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40064, 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/. batido is at rank #9,626, tagged as anadj.

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 40064, this pair ranks #26,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of baião vs batido

Shared letters: abio. Private to "baião": ã. Private to "batido": dt.

"baião" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV  ·  "batido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • batido ← abtido · baitdo · batdio · batiddo · batiod · battido · bbatido · btaido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "baião" and "batido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baião" is a noun and "batido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "baião" vs "batido" - which ranks higher?
"batido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,626 in our Portuguese list, against #30,438 for "baião". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "baião" and "batido". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baião" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "batido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baião" and "batido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baião vs bailar". 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 #26,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list