basura

/[baˈsuɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,563

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

basura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lo que se recoge con la escoba. Pronounced [baˈsuɾa]. It ranks #1,563 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with batuta and basuras.

Key facts for basura
PropertyValue
Headwordbasura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈsuɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,563
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of basura in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for basura is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈsuɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,563 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for basura, with forms such as "absura", "basrua", and "bassura". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "batuta", "basuras", "basa", 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 basura, spelled B-A-S-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lo que se recoge con la escoba.
  2. 2
    Residuos del trabajo, de la comida o de cualquier otro proceso que no se pueden aprovechar inmediatamente, o son definitivamente descartados.
  3. 3
    Cosas rotas o inservibles.
  4. 4
    Recipiente donde se deposita la basura_(1–3).
  5. 5
    Persona con actitud que provoca disgusto, al punto de ser desechada.
  6. 6
    Programa de televisión de pésima calidad.
  7. 7
    Dícese de un insulto dirigido a una persona o empresa para denotar que provoca rechazo o disgusto en quien lo profiere.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: absura,basrua,bassura,basuar,basurra,bausra,bbasura,bsaura,vasura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for basura

Misspelling Variants of "basura"

absura6basrua6bassura7basuar6basurra7bausra6bbasura7bsaura6
Misspelling Variants of "basura"

Frequency rank: #1,563 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "basura"?
"basura" is spelled B-A-S-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈsuɾa].
What does "basura" mean?
As a noun, "basura" means: Lo que se recoge con la escoba.
What words are commonly confused with "basura"?
"basura" is commonly confused with "batuta", "basuras", "basa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "basura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basura" is [baˈsuɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basura" come from?
"basura" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.