baze
"baze" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baze” is uncommon English (frequency #82,083 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,083
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To stupefy; frighten; alarm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baze · baze · English
baze · rank #82,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,083
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH BBG
Nearest frequency peer: BBG (+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 “baze”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Barabbas
Barabbas
17,923 corpus weight
- Basinger
Basinger
17,920 corpus weight
- baze
baze
17,918 corpus weight
- BBG
BBG
17,917 corpus weight
- Beeman
Beeman
17,914 corpus weight
- behaviorally
behaviorally
17,913 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “baze” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “baze” in English
Rare enough to double-check
baze is uncommon English at frequency #82,083 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To stupefy; frighten; alarm.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baze, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain, but apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (“to astonish, stupefy”), obsolete German basen (“to rave”). Compare also Scots baise (“confusion, bewilderment”). The correct English form is baze, spelled B-A-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To stupefy; frighten; alarm.
Etymology
Uncertain, but apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (“to astonish, stupefy”), obsolete German basen (“to rave”). Compare also Scots baise (“confusion, bewilderment”).
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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