Basra
[ˈbasʁa]
The verdict
“Basra” is uncommon German (frequency #92,638 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,638
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im Süden des Irak
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Basra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbasʁa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Basra” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Basra is uncommon German at frequency #92,638 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbasʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im Süden des Irak".
Zero misspellings are on record for Basra in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Basra, spelled B-A-S-R-A.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Süden des Irak
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.
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Using “Basra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-S-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbasʁa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.