Bastrop
/ˈbæstɹɑp/
"bastrop" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bastrop” is uncommon English (frequency #74,754 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,754
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the parish seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bastrop · Bastrop · English
Bastrop · rank #74,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,754
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bartlesville
Nearest frequency peer: Bartlesville (-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 “Bastrop”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bailie
bailie
25,253 corpus weight
- ballplayer
ballplayer
25,252 corpus weight
- Bartlesville
Bartlesville
25,248 corpus weight
- Bastrop
Bastrop
25,247 corpus weight
- Batra
Batra
25,246 corpus weight
- beatnik
beatnik
25,242 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bastrop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bastrop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæstɹɑp/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bastrop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bastrop is uncommon English at frequency #74,754 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbæstɹɑp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bastrop, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after Dutch businessman and Baron de Bastrop Felipe Enrique Neri. The correct English form is Bastrop, spelled B-A-S-T-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1A city, the parish seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- 2A city, the county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
- 3Ellipsis of Bastrop County
Etymology
Named after Dutch businessman and Baron de Bastrop Felipe Enrique Neri.
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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