baseball

/ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/

//ˈbeɪs.bɔːl// noun

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"baseball" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“baseball” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,773
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in ...

Corpus desk

Index EN-baseball · baseball · English

baseball · rank #2,773 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,773
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH agencies

Nearest frequency peer: agencies (-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 “baseball”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “baseball” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

baseball vs basketball
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for baseball
PropertyValue
Headwordbaseball
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,773
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “baseball”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).baseballlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “agencies” (#2,772), “bathroom” (#2,774), “advertising” (#2,771). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “baseball” is #2,773. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around baseball (IPA /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,773 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for baseball, with forms such as "abseball", "baesball", and "basbeall". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "basketball", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From base + ball. The correct English form is baseball, spelled B-A-S-E-B-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
  2. 2
    The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
  3. 3
    A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
  2. “Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis…

Etymology

From base + ball.

This word in other languages

béisbol(Español)baseball(Français)Baseball(Deutsch)basebol(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abseball
  • baesball
  • basbeall
  • baseabll
  • basebal
  • basebball
  • baseblal
  • basseball
  • bbaseball
  • bsaeball

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baseball - 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.

abseball2baesball2basbeall2baseabll2basebal1basebball1baseblal2basseball1
Edit distance from "baseball"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baseball"?
"baseball" is spelled B-A-S-E-B-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/.
What does "baseball" mean?
As a noun, "baseball" means: A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in ...
What words are commonly confused with "baseball"?
"baseball" is commonly confused with "basketball". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baseball"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baseball" is /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "baseball"?
From base + ball. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

agencies#2,772bathroom#2,774absolute#2,770constant#2,781

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

updated10 variantsdegrees10 variantsprepare10 variantsheavily10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list