basic
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
The verdict
“basic” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,753
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Básico, fundamental.
Corpus desk
Index ES-basic · basic · Spanish
basic · rank #24,753 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,753
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH barajas
Nearest frequency peer: barajas (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “basic”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- balonmano
balonmano
75,251 corpus weight
- banks
banks
75,250 corpus weight
- barajas
barajas
75,249 corpus weight
- basic
basic
75,248 corpus weight
- Basilio
Basilio
75,247 corpus weight
- Bianchi
Bianchi
75,246 corpus weight
What this shows “basic” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | basic |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbeɪ.sɪk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “basic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around basic (IPA /ˈbeɪ.sɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,753 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for basic, with forms such as "absic", "bacic", and "baisc". 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, "bic", "baso", "basta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is basic, spelled B-A-S-I-C.
Definition
- 1Básico, fundamental.
- 2Elemental, sencillo.
- 3Primitivo, rudimentario.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- absic
- bacic
- baisc
- basci
- basicc
- bassic
- bbasic
- bsaic
- vasic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basic - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).