batidovsbatismoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#9,626
“batido” frequency rank
#11,014
“batismo” frequency rank
20640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature batido batismo
Definition que tem sido usado por muitos ato de batizar

Letter map: batido vs batismo

Shared letters muted; letters that set batido and batismo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. batido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against batismo's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
batido
7 ch
batismo

Part-of-speech tell for batido / batismo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: batido is anadjective and batismoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

batido is recorded at frequency rank #9,626, classified as anadj. batismo is at rank #11,014, tagged as anoun.

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 20640, this pair ranks #49,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of batido vs batismo

Shared letters: abiot. Private to "batido": d. Private to "batismo": ms.

"batido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "batismo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • batido ← abtido · baitdo · batdio · batiddo · batiod · battido · bbatido · btaido
  • batismo ← abtismo · baitsmo · batimso · batismmo · batisom · batissmo · batsimo · battismo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "batido" and "batismo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "batido" is an adjective and "batismo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "batido" vs "batismo" - which ranks higher?
"batido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,626 in our Portuguese list, against #11,014 for "batismo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "batido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "batismo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "batido" and "batismo" 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 #49,818 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