Bass

/[bas]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,275

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Bass is aGermannoun. It means: tiefe Singstimme bei Männern Pronounced [bas]. It ranks #6,275 in German word frequency. Often confused with BS and Bau.

Key facts for Bass
PropertyValue
HeadwordBass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bas]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,275
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bass in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bass is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bas]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,275 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bass, with forms such as "abss", "bas", and "baß". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BS", "Bau", "Bus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bass, spelled B-A-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tiefe Singstimme bei Männern
  2. 2
    Sänger mit tiefer Singstimme
  3. 3
    tiefste Stimme des musikalischen Gefüges
  4. 4
    Musikinstrument
  5. 5
    Musikinstrument
  6. 6
    Musikinstrument
  7. 7
    Musikinstrument
  8. 8
    der Frequenzbereich zwischen 0 und 80 (100) Hz
  9. 9
    Lautsprecher für tieffrequente Schallwellen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abss,bas,baß,bbass,bsas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bass

Misspelling Variants of "Bass"

abss4bas3baß3bbass5bsas4
Misspelling Variants of "Bass"

Frequency rank: #6,275 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bass"?
"Bass" is spelled B-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [bas].
What does "Bass" mean?
As a noun, "Bass" means: tiefe Singstimme bei Männern
What words are commonly confused with "Bass"?
"Bass" is commonly confused with "BS", "Bau", "Bus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bass" is [bas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bass" come from?
"Bass" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.