Which to use
“baila” is a noun and “baita” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,025
- “baila” frequency rank
- #19,067
- “baita” frequency rank
- 54092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baila | baita |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | baile | muito grande |
Where the eye mixes baila and baita
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. baila and baita follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between baila and baita
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: baila is /ˈbaj.lɐ/ while baita is /ˈbaj.tə/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - l in “baila” becomes t in “baita”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baila is recorded at frequency rank #35,025, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbaj.lɐ/. baita is at rank #19,067, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈbaj.tə/.
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 54092, this pair ranks #11,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of baila vs baita
Shared letters: abi. Private to "baila": l. Private to "baita": t.
"baila" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "baita" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "baila" for "baita" ever safe?
Which is more common, "baila" or "baita"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "baila" and "baita" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "baila" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baila" and "baita" 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 #11,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.