básicos
[ˈbasikos]
The verdict
“básicos” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,383 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,383
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de básico.
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 | básicos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbasikos] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “básicos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for básicos is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbasikos]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,383 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de básico.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for básicos, with forms such as "bbásicos", "bsáicos", and "bácicos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bastos", "besitos", "batidos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is básicos, spelled B-Á-S-I-C-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de básico.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbásicos,bsáicos,bácicos,báiscos,báscios,básiccos,básicoss,básicso,básiocs,bássicos,vásicos,ábsicos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of básicos - 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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Using “básicos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-Á-S-I-C-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbasikos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bastos” - see the side-by-side comparison. básicos vs bastos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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