basalt
/ˈbæs.ɒlt/
"basalt" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basalt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,125
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
Corpus desk
Index EN-basalt · basalt · English
basalt · rank #28,125 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,125
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH barista
Nearest frequency peer: barista (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “basalt”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- b4
b4
71,879 corpus weight
- banger
banger
71,878 corpus weight
- barista
barista
71,877 corpus weight
- basalt
basalt
71,876 corpus weight
- Bashir
Bashir
71,875 corpus weight
- beatings
beatings
71,874 corpus weight
What this shows “basalt” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basalt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæs.ɒlt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “basalt”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around basalt (IPA /ˈbæs.ɒlt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,125 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for basalt, with forms such as "absalt", "baaslt", and "basallt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bast", "basil", "Basel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39 The correct English form is basalt, spelled B-A-S-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
- 2A type of unglazed pottery.
Etymology
From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- absalt
- baaslt
- basallt
- basaltt
- basatl
- baslat
- bassalt
- bbasalt
- bsaalt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basalt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).