batidavsbebidaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“batida” and “bebida” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,616
“batida” frequency rank
#3,124
“bebida” frequency rank
9740
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature batida bebida
Definition ação de bater, choque, colisão líquido que se pode beber

Where the eye mixes batida and bebida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
batida
6 ch
bebida

Visual trap between batida and bebida

A purely visual mix-up. batida (/bɐ.ˈti.dɐ/) and bebida (/bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/) 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 9740, 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/. bebida is at rank #3,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/.

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 9740, this pair ranks #63,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of batida vs bebida

Shared letters: abdi. Private to "batida": t. Private to "bebida": e.

"batida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "bebida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • batidaabtida · baitda · batdia · batiad · batidda · battida · bbatida · btaida
  • bebidabbebida · bbeida · bebbida · bebdia · bebiad · bebidda · beibda · ebbida

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "batida" and "bebida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/bɐ.ˈti.dɐ/ versus /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "batida" vs "bebida" - which ranks higher?
"bebida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,124 in our Portuguese list, against #6,616 for "batida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "batida" and "bebida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "batida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bebida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "batida" and "bebida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "batera vs batida". 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 #63,581 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