básquetbol
[ˈbasket̪β̞ol]
The verdict
“básquetbol” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,789
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deporte de equipo en que cinco jugadores, llamados basquetbolistas o baloncestistas, buscan introducir un balón ayudándose sólo de las manos, en un aro con un cesto agujereado puesto a 3,05 m del s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | básquetbol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbasket̪β̞ol] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “básquetbol” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around básquetbol (IPA [ˈbasket̪β̞ol]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,789 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deporte de equipo en que cinco jugadores, llamados basquetbolistas o baloncestistas, buscan introducir un balón ayudándose sólo de las manos, en un aro con un cesto agujereado puesto a 3,05 m del s...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for básquetbol, with forms such as "bbásquetbol", "bsáquetbol", and "báqsuetbol". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 básquetbol, spelled B-Á-S-Q-U-E-T-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1Deporte de equipo en que cinco jugadores, llamados basquetbolistas o baloncestistas, buscan introducir un balón ayudándose sólo de las manos, en un aro con un cesto agujereado puesto a 3,05 m del suelo y defendido por el equipo rival. Los partidos duran 40 minutos, divididos en cuartos y si hay empate, el juego se alarga por tramos de 5 minutos hasta que un equipo logre ganar.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbásquetbol
- bsáquetbol
- báqsuetbol
- básqeutbol
- básqquetbol
- básquebtol
- básquetbbol
- básquetblo
- básquetboll
- básquetobl
- básquettbol
- básqutebol
- bássquetbol
- básuqetbol
- vásquetvol
- ábsquetbol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of básquetbol - 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 “básquetbol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-Á-S-Q-U-E-T-B-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbasket̪β̞ol] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.