abasto
[aˈβ̞ast̪o]
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
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Provisión de bastimentos, y especialmente la de cualquiera de los artículos necesarios para el sustento de una población.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abasto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈβ̞ast̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abasto” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around abasto (IPA [aˈβ̞ast̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,741 among 120,137 “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
- 1Provisión de bastimentos, y especialmente la de cualquiera de los artículos necesarios para el sustento de una población.
- 2Abundancia.
- 3En el arte del bordador, pieza o piezas menos principales de la obra.
- 4Comercio pequeño de productos alimenticios. Generalmente regentado por inmigrantes portugueses.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “abasto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-A-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈβ̞ast̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “acaso” - see the side-by-side comparison. abasto vs acaso
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.