baús vs bis, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“baús” is a noun and “bis” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,199
“baús” frequency rank: #14,300
“bis” frequency rank: 61499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	baús	bis
Definition	plural de baú	até

Letter map: baús vs bis

Shared letters muted; letters that set baús and bis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. baús runs 4 letters (CVVC) against bis's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch

baús

3 ch

bis

Part-of-speech tell for baús / bis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: baús is anoun and bisapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baús is recorded at frequency rank #47,199, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɐ.ˈu/. bis is at rank #14,300, tagged as aprep.

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 61499, this pair ranks #7,108 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baús vs bis

Shared letters: bs. Private to "baús": aú. Private to "bis": i.

"baús" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "bis" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baús" for "bis" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baús" is a noun and "bis" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "baús" vs "bis" - which ranks higher?

"bis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,300 in our Portuguese list, against #47,199 for "baús". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "baús" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "bis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #7,108 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"baús" and "bis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baús vs bué". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,108 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.