Basutoland
[baˈzuːtoˌlant]
The verdict
“Basutoland” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - britische Kronkolonie im südlichen Afrika (1868–1966), Vorgänger von Lesotho
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Basutoland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [baˈzuːtoˌlant] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Basutoland” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Basutoland is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [baˈzuːtoˌlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "britische Kronkolonie im südlichen Afrika (1868–1966), Vorgänger von Lesotho".
Basutoland doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Basutoland, spelled B-A-S-U-T-O-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1britische Kronkolonie im südlichen Afrika (1868–1966), Vorgänger von Lesotho
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Basutoland”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-S-U-T-O-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.