Bastia

[ˈbasti̯a]

/[ˈbasti̯a]/ name

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The verdict

“Bastia” is uncommon German (frequency #92,639 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,639
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt im Norden der Mittelmeerinsel Korsika

Corpus desk

Index DE-bastia · Bastia · German

Bastia · rank #92,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,639
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Basra

Nearest frequency peer: Basra (-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 „Bastia“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bastia
PropertyValue
HeadwordBastia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbasti̯a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,639
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bastia“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bastiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Basra“ (#92,638), „Bauelementen“ (#92,642), „Bantu“ (#92,634). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bastia“ bei #92,639. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bastia is uncommon German at frequency #92,639 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbasti̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt im Norden der Mittelmeerinsel Korsika".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bastia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bastia, spelled B-A-S-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt im Norden der Mittelmeerinsel Korsika

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Bastia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Im späten Mittelalter hatte die Republik Genua Stützpunkte an den Ankerplätzen Bastia im Nordosten und Ajaccio im Südwesten angelegt, um ihre Schiffsrouten zu schützen und andere an ihrer Nutzung zu hindern.“

This word in other languages

Bastia(English)Bastia(Français)

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 "Bastia"?
"Bastia" is spelled B-A-S-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbasti̯a].
What does "Bastia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bastia" means: Hafenstadt im Norden der Mittelmeerinsel Korsika
How do you pronounce "Bastia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bastia" is [ˈbasti̯a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bastia" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

beeile#92,647avenir#92,628Berkel#92,671aspire#92,601

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list