batidavsbatidoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#6,616
“batida” frequency rank
#9,626
“batido” frequency rank
16242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature batida batido
Definition ação de bater, choque, colisão que tem sido usado por muitos

Letter map: batida vs batido

Shared letters muted; letters that set batida and batido apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. batida and batido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
batida
6 ch
batido

Part-of-speech tell for batida / batido

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: batida is anoun and batidoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “batida” becomes o in “batido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

batida is recorded at frequency rank #6,616, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɐ.ˈti.dɐ/. 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 16242, this pair ranks #55,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of batida vs batido

Shared letters: abdit. Private to "batida": -. Private to "batido": o.

"batida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "batido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • batida ← abtida · baitda · batdia · batiad · batidda · battida · bbatida · btaida
  • batido ← abtido · baitdo · batdio · batiddo · batiod · battido · bbatido · btaido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "batida" and "batido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "batida" is a noun and "batido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "batida" vs "batido" - which ranks higher?
"batida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,616 in our Portuguese list, against #9,626 for "batido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "batida" vs "batido" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "batida" 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 #55,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "batida" and "batido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "báltico vs batido". 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 #55,352 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