# Bastei vs bastelt

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Bastei
*noun · IPA [basˈtaɪ̯] · frequency rank #47,980*
vorspringendes Bollwerk an Festungen und Burgen

### bastelt
*verb · IPA [ˈbastl̩t] · frequency rank #31,947*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs basteln

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