basho
"basho" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basho” is uncommon English (frequency #81,145 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,145
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sumo tournament of any kind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-basho · basho · English
basho · rank #81,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,145
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Barro
Nearest frequency peer: Barro (-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 “basho”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Baldini
Baldini
18,861 corpus weight
- Barringer
Barringer
18,858 corpus weight
- Barro
Barro
18,857 corpus weight
- basho
basho
18,856 corpus weight
- Beas
Beas
18,850 corpus weight
- bedraggled
bedraggled
18,849 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “basho” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “basho” in English
Rare enough to double-check
basho is uncommon English at frequency #81,145 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sumo tournament of any kind.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for basho, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 場所(ばしょ) (basho), short form of 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho, “honbasho”). The correct English form is basho, spelled B-A-S-H-O.
Definition
- 1A sumo tournament of any kind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how basho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Two basho later, I was at sekiwake, the third-highest rank in sumo.
Etymology
From Japanese 場所(ばしょ) (basho), short form of 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho, “honbasho”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).