# Bastille

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bæˈstiːl/ · frequency rank #27,375

## Definitions
1. A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Bastille, from bastille (“fortress”): see further at the English entry bastille. The building was known in full as the Bastille Saint-Antoine, and was a former fortress used as a prison by the French monarchy in the 17th and 18th centuries.

## Common misspellings (10)
`abstille`, `basitlle`, `basstille`, `bastile`, `bastilel`, `bastlile`, `basttille`, `batsille`, `bbastille`, `bsatille`

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