bastogne

\bas.tɔɲ\

/\bas.tɔɲ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bastogne” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,679
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bande alésée en chef.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bastogne · bastogne · French

bastogne · rank #37,679 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,679
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barber

Nearest frequency peer: barber (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bastogne »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bastogne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bastogne vs baston
75% similar
bastogne vs besogne
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bastogne
PropertyValue
Headwordbastogne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bas.tɔɲ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,679
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bastogne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bastognese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « barber » (#37,678), « bavaroise » (#37,680), « banquettes » (#37,677). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bastogne » est au #37,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bastogne (IPA \bas.tɔɲ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,679 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bande alésée en chef.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bastogne, with forms such as "abstogne", "basotgne", and "basstogne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "baston", "besogne", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bastogne, spelled B-A-S-T-O-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bande alésée en chef.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abstogne
  • basotgne
  • basstogne
  • bastgone
  • bastogen
  • bastoggne
  • bastognne
  • bastonge
  • basttogne
  • batsogne
  • bbastogne
  • bsatogne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bastogne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abstogne2basotgne2basstogne1bastgone2bastogen2bastoggne1bastognne1bastonge2
Edit distance from "bastogne"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bastogne"?
"bastogne" is spelled B-A-S-T-O-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bas.tɔɲ\.
What does "bastogne" mean?
As a noun, "bastogne" means: Bande alésée en chef.
What words are commonly confused with "bastogne"?
"bastogne" is commonly confused with "baston", "besogne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bastogne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bastogne" is \bas.tɔɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bastogne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bastogne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bagnolet#37,675biliaire#37,686bourgeon#37,697appétits#37,659

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bavaroise12 variantscaustique12 variantsabasourdi12 variantscoincées12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list