basswood
/ˈbæswʊd/
"basswood" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basswood” is uncommon English (frequency #89,135 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,135
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-basswood · basswood · English
basswood · rank #89,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,135
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH batching
Nearest frequency peer: batching (+1 rank slots)
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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 “basswood”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bandaging
bandaging
10,870 corpus weight
- Barberton
Barberton
10,869 corpus weight
- bardic
bardic
10,868 corpus weight
- basswood
basswood
10,866 corpus weight
- batching
batching
10,865 corpus weight
- bateau
bateau
10,864 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “basswood” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basswood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæswʊd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “basswood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
basswood is uncommon English at frequency #89,135 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæswʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.".
No misspelling variants are generated for basswood in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bass (“fibrous inner bark”) + wood. The correct English form is basswood, spelled B-A-S-S-W-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
Etymology
From bass (“fibrous inner bark”) + wood.
This word in other languages
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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