base
[ˈbase]
The verdict
“base” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte inferior de un cuerpo que le sirve de soporte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-base · base · Spanish
base · rank #428 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #428
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH web
Nearest frequency peer: web (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “base”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- video
video
99,576 corpus weight
- viene
viene
99,575 corpus weight
- web
web
99,574 corpus weight
- base
base
99,573 corpus weight
- camino
camino
99,572 corpus weight
- digo
digo
99,571 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “base” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around base (IPA [ˈbase]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #428 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how base appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No notó que no ganaba camino alguno con sus esfuerzos; pues no tenía, por decirlo así, ningún apoyo, ninguna base sobre que hacer fuerzas y en que poder emplearlas para poner el entendimiento en movimiento.
Así, como la distancia del jalón a la base de la pértiga es proporcional a la distancia del jalón a la base de la muralla, del mismo modo la altura de la pértiga es proporcional a la altura de esa muralla.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "base". Here's where to go from here.
- "base" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "be". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #428 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
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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.