# basta vs biste

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### basta
*intj · IPA [ˈbasta] · frequency rank #28,545*
es reicht; es ist genug!

### biste
*abbrev · IPA [ˈbɪstə] · frequency rank #25,926*
bist du

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/basta-vs-biste