basale

[baˈzaːlə]

/[baˈzaːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“basale” is uncommon German (frequency #80,121 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,121
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal

Corpus desk

Index DE-basale · basale · German

basale · rank #80,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,121
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Basisdemokrat…

Nearest frequency peer: Basisdemokratie (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „basale“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „basale“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for basale
PropertyValue
Headwordbasale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[baˈzaːlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,121
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „basale“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).basalefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Basisdemokratie“ (#80,122), „Barsche“ (#80,119), „Bauprojekten“ (#80,123). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „basale“ bei #80,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

basale is uncommon German at frequency #80,121 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [baˈzaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

basale has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is basale, spelled B-A-S-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "basale"?
"basale" is spelled B-A-S-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈzaːlə].
What does "basale" mean?
As an adjective, "basale" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs basal
How do you pronounce "basale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basale" is [baˈzaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basale" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "basale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

belles#80,136Aussie#80,105arglos#80,076blumig#80,173

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list