basalto
[baˈsal̪t̪o]
The verdict
“basalto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,103 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,103
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roca ígnea de grano fino y composición máfica, es decir, con un alto contenido de hierro. De color oscuro, es la roca más abundante en la corteza terrestre, formada por enfriamiento rápido del magm...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basalto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈsal̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “basalto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
basalto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,103 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈsal̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roca ígnea de grano fino y composición máfica, es decir, con un alto contenido de hierro. De color oscuro, es la roca más abundante en la corteza terrestre, formada por enfriamiento rápido del magm...".
basalto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is basalto, spelled B-A-S-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1Roca ígnea de grano fino y composición máfica, es decir, con un alto contenido de hierro. De color oscuro, es la roca más abundante en la corteza terrestre, formada por enfriamiento rápido del magma expulsado del manto por los volcanes.
This word in other languages
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 “basalto”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-S-A-L-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.