Español homophones
basa/baza
"basa" (#3,757 written frequency) beats "baza" (#25,917) in this 2-word /ˈbasa/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈbasa/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "basa" leads at #3,757, with "baza" trailing at #25,917.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ba" then splits - "basa" (4 letters) vs "baza" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across basa, baza: ab. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
basa
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory abs · private s
baza
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory abz · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "basa" when you mean: Asiento de la columna.
- Write "baza" when you mean: En ciertos juegos de naipes: conjunto de cartas que se usan en una jugada, y también aquellas que recoge el que gana la mano.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.