bastar
[basˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“bastar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,524
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ser suficiente y proporcionado para alguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bastar · bastar · Spanish
bastar · rank #38,524 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,524
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Bartolo
Nearest frequency peer: Bartolo (-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 “bastar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- bajío
bajío
61,481 corpus weight
- Bartolo
Bartolo
61,478 corpus weight
- bastar
bastar
61,477 corpus weight
- bato
bato
61,476 corpus weight
- bautizar
bautizar
61,475 corpus weight
- bengalas
bengalas
61,473 corpus weight
What this shows “bastar” 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 | bastar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [basˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bastar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around bastar (IPA [basˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,524 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bastar, with forms such as "abstar", "basatr", and "basstar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bata", "besar", "batir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is bastar, spelled B-A-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ser suficiente y proporcionado para alguna cosa.
- 2Abundar (haber una cosa en exceso).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lema 3.2.24 Para todo entero n≥2 existe un número primo p tal que p|n. (...) Demostración: Si n es primo, basta tomar p=n...
Es imposible continuar en la crítica del proceso haeckeliano, dirigido por su autor a desterrar del perfeccionamiento de las especies y de la creación del hombre a Dios. Basta con saber que toda la ciencia desenvuelta en ese trabajo se reduce a la negación de lo "sobrenatural" y a la exposición de ciertas relaciones y semejanzas entre los organismos, de q…
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abstar
- basatr
- basstar
- bastarr
- bastra
- basttar
- batsar
- bbastar
- bsatar
- vastar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bastar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bastar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).