basta
/ˈbɑstɑ/
"basta" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basta” is uncommon English (frequency #55,943 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,943
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (that's) enough; stop!
Corpus desk
Index EN-basta · basta · English
basta · rank #55,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,943
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH begone
Nearest frequency peer: begone (+3 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 “basta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bapu
bapu
44,063 corpus weight
- barbarity
barbarity
44,062 corpus weight
- basta
basta
44,058 corpus weight
- begone
begone
44,055 corpus weight
- belie
belie
44,054 corpus weight
- believeth
believeth
44,053 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “basta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈbɑstɑ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “basta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
basta is uncommon English at frequency #55,943 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈbɑstɑ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(that's) enough; stop!".
basta has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian basta. The correct English form is basta, spelled B-A-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1(that's) enough; stop!
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how basta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Baſta, content thee: for I haue it full.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian basta.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).