bagrevsbaseWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“bagre” and “base” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,583
“bagre” frequency rank
#428
“base” frequency rank
48011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bagre base
Definition (Squalius cephalus) Pez ciprínido, nativo de las aguas dulces de Europa y Asia, alcanzando los 60 cm de largo y los 8 kg de peso Parte inferior de un cuerpo que le sirve de soporte.

Where the eye mixes bagre and base

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
bagre
4 ch
base

Look-alike desk: bagre vs base

A purely visual mix-up. bagre ([ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]) and base ([ˈbase]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bagre is recorded at frequency rank #47,583, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]. base is at rank #428, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbase].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 48011, this pair ranks #116,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bagre vs base

Shared letters: abe. Private to "bagre": gr. Private to "base": s.

"bagre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "base" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bagreabgre · bager · baggre · bagrre · barge · bbagre · bgare · vagre
  • baseabse · bace · baes · basse · bbase · bsae · vase

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bagre" and "base" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaɣ̞ɾe] versus [ˈbase]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bagre" vs "base" - which ranks higher?
"base" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #428 in our Spanish list, against #47,583 for "bagre". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "bagre" and "base" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bagre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "base" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bagre" and "base" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bagre vs bane". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #116,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list