bastir
[basˈt̪iɾ]
The verdict
“bastir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brindar los bastimentos, víveres, provisiones u otras cosas necesarias.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bastir · bastir · Spanish
bastir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bastir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [basˈt̪iɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bastir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bastir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [basˈt̪iɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bastir has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is bastir, spelled B-A-S-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Brindar los bastimentos, víveres, provisiones u otras cosas necesarias.
- 2Preparar, hacer o disponer algo.
- 3Construir, edificar, elaborar o fabricar algo.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.