basilar
[basiˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“basilar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,030 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,030
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de la base o colocado en ella.
Corpus desk
Index ES-basilar · basilar · Spanish
basilar · rank #96,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,030
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH batiente
Nearest frequency peer: batiente (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “basilar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bajándose
bajándose
3,979 corpus weight
- Balbina
Balbina
3,977 corpus weight
- banderola
banderola
3,976 corpus weight
- basilar
basilar
3,971 corpus weight
- batiente
batiente
3,969 corpus weight
- bidimension…
bidimensionales
3,962 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “basilar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basilar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [basiˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “basilar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
basilar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,030 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [basiˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
basilar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 basilar, spelled B-A-S-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Propio de la base o colocado en ella.
- 2El hueso esfenoides, por pertenecer a la base del cráneo y a la apófosis.
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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