baas
"baas" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baas” is uncommon English (frequency #78,383 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,383
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
Corpus desk
Index EN-baas · baas · English
baas · rank #78,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,383
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH AZT
Nearest frequency peer: AZT (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “baas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- autocar
autocar
21,621 corpus weight
- Avebury
Avebury
21,620 corpus weight
- AZT
AZT
21,619 corpus weight
- baas
baas
21,618 corpus weight
- babby
babby
21,617 corpus weight
- bamboozle
bamboozle
21,614 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “baas” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baas” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baas is uncommon English at frequency #78,383 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).".
baas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Afrikaans baas. Doublet of boss. The correct English form is baas, spelled B-A-A-S.
Definition
- 1An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans baas. Doublet of boss.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.