# Basra

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,747

## Definitions
1. A port city in southeastern Iraq.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بصره (Basra) and Arabic البَصْرَة (al-Baṣra), from ال (al-, “the, land of the”) + بَصْرَة (baṣra, “overseer”).

## Easily confused with
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-bra)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-bsa)
- **bass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-bass)
- **bora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-bora)
- **Basu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-basu)
- **bast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-bast)
- **busta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-busta)
- **Biafra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basra-vs-biafra)
- **bar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bar-vs-basra)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bas-vs-basra)
- **baa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baa-vs-basra)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/base-vs-basra)
- **bars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bars-vs-basra)
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bare-vs-basra)
- **barn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barn-vs-basra)
- **bark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bark-vs-basra)
- **bash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-basra)
- **Bart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bart-vs-basra)
- **baba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baba-vs-basra)
- **barr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barr-vs-basra)

## Common misspellings (7)
`absra`, `barsa`, `basar`, `basrra`, `bassra`, `bbasra`, `bsara`

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