base
[ˈbase]
The verdict
“base” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #428 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte inferior de un cuerpo que le sirve de soporte.
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 | base |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbase] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “base” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for base is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbase]. Corpus data places it at rank #428 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for base, with forms such as "abse", "bace", and "baes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "be", "bus", "bay", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is base, spelled B-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Parte inferior de un cuerpo que le sirve de soporte.
- 2Parte esencial de un ente, que constituye el germen de alteraciones, ampliación o crecimiento.
- 3Lugar o infraestructura que sirve de apoyo para la realización de expediciones.
- 4Norma, parte de un conjunto de ellas, que establece la regulación de una convocatoria, concurso o procedimiento.
- 5Conjunto de personas que conforman un colectivo con cuerpo representativo.
- 6Cara o superficie sobre la que se apoya un cuerpo sólido.
- 7Arista sobre la que descansa un polígono.
- 8En una potencia, número que es multiplicado tantas veces como indica el exponente.
- 9En un sistema de numeración, número de objetos que forman una unidad de orden superior.
- 10Conjunto de vectores linealmente independiente que forman el sistema generador de un espacio vectorial.
- 11Sustancia que puede ceder un par de electrones.
- 12Pieza sobre la que se asienta una columna o escultura.
- 13Recta que se mide sobre el terreno y de la cual se parte en las operaciones geodésicas y topográficas.
- 14Parte principal de una palabra quitando los afijos y derivaciones, que es la que aporta la mayor parte del significado léxico, si no toda.
- 15Cada uno de los cuatro puntos del terreno de juego, con forma de rombo, que tienen que recorrer los jugadores para completar una carrera. En cada uno de estos puntos hay un jugador defensor para tratar de eliminar al jugador atacante cuando viene corriendo.
- 16Lugar por el que se conecta la clavija de un enchufe.^([cita requerida])
- 17Diferencia entre el valor de un activo pagándolo al contado y el valor de ese mismo activo en un pago diferido.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abse,bace,baes,basse,bbase,bsae,vase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of base - 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 “base”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbase] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “be” - see the side-by-side comparison. base vs be
- 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.