basamento
[basaˈmẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“basamento” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #46,960 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,960
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte inferior sobre la que se asienta una construcción. En el caso de una columna incluye basa y pedestal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basamento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [basaˈmẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “basamento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for basamento is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [basaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,960 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parte inferior sobre la que se asienta una construcción. En el caso de una columna incluye basa y pedestal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for basamento, with forms such as "absamento", "baasmento", and "basaemnto". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is basamento, spelled B-A-S-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Parte inferior sobre la que se asienta una construcción. En el caso de una columna incluye basa y pedestal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: absamento,baasmento,basaemnto,basamennto,basamenot,basamentto,basametno,basammento,basamneto,basmaento,bassamento,bbasamento,bsaamento,vasamento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basamento - 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 “basamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-S-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [basaˈmẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.