baseband
"baseband" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baseband” is uncommon English (frequency #73,890 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,890
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The frequency range occupied by a message signal prior to modulation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baseband · baseband · English
baseband · rank #73,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,890
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH basmati
Nearest frequency peer: basmati (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “baseband”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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bannock
26,116 corpus weight
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bantering
26,114 corpus weight
- Baran
Baran
26,113 corpus weight
- baseband
baseband
26,111 corpus weight
- basmati
basmati
26,110 corpus weight
- beatificati…
beatification
26,106 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “baseband” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baseband |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “baseband” in English
Rare enough to double-check
baseband is uncommon English at frequency #73,890 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
baseband has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From base + band. The correct English form is baseband, spelled B-A-S-E-B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1The frequency range occupied by a message signal prior to modulation.
- 2A method of transmission in which only one frequency channel is used at a time.
- 3A device using baseband transmission.
Etymology
From base + band.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).