# Basel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɑːzəl/ · frequency rank #16,642

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Basel-Stadt canton, Switzerland.
2. A former canton in northwestern Switzerland.

## Easily confused with
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bel)
- **bass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bass)
- **bash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bash)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bose)
- **bask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bask)
- **bate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bate)
- **Biel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-biel)
- **Basu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basu)
- **bast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bast)
- **BASF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basf)
- **basic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basic)
- **basis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basis)
- **bases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bases)
- **basin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basin)
- **basil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basil)
- **bates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bates)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bowel)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bauer)
- **Bayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bayer)
- **beset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-beset)

## Common misspellings (7)
`absel`, `baesl`, `basell`, `basle`, `bassel`, `bbasel`, `bsael`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/basel