abasto

[aˈβ̞ast̪o]

/[aˈβ̞ast̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“abasto” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,741
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provisión de bastimentos, y especialmente la de cualquiera de los artículos necesarios para el sustento de una población.

Corpus desk

Index ES-abasto · abasto · Spanish

abasto · rank #16,741 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,741
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstenerse

Nearest frequency peer: abstenerse (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “abasto”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “abasto” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abasto vs acaso
67% similar
abasto vs abuso
67% similar
abasto vs abate
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for abasto
PropertyValue
Headwordabasto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈβ̞ast̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,741
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “abasto”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.abastocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “abstenerse” (#16,742), “acreditar” (#16,743), “Zeus” (#16,738). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “abasto” va en #16,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abasto (IPA [aˈβ̞ast̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,741 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abasto, with forms such as "aabsto", "abasot", and "abassto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "acaso", "abuso", "abate", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is abasto, spelled A-B-A-S-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Provisión de bastimentos, y especialmente la de cualquiera de los artículos necesarios para el sustento de una población.
  2. 2
    Abundancia.
  3. 3
    En el arte del bordador, pieza o piezas menos principales de la obra.
  4. 4
    Comercio pequeño de productos alimenticios. Generalmente regentado por inmigrantes portugueses.

This word in other languages

Proviant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aabsto
  • abasot
  • abassto
  • abastto
  • abatso
  • abbasto
  • absato
  • avasto
  • baasto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abasto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aabsto2abasot2abassto1abastto1abatso2abbasto1absato2avasto1
Edit distance from "abasto"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abasto"?
"abasto" is spelled A-B-A-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈβ̞ast̪o].
What does "abasto" mean?
As a noun, "abasto" means: Provisión de bastimentos, y especialmente la de cualquiera de los artículos necesarios para el sustento de una población.
What words are commonly confused with "abasto"?
"abasto" is commonly confused with "acaso", "abuso", "abate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abasto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abasto" is [aˈβ̞ast̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abasto" come from?
"abasto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abasto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

visten#16,731Altera#16,752alumna#16,753tímida#16,724

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

acumula9 variantsagrario9 variantsahogado9 variantstheory9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list