Which to use
“bastian” and “bastion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,620
- “bastian” frequency rank
- #14,611
- “bastion” frequency rank
- 55231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bastian | bastion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frayon de moulin. | Ouvrage de fortification qui fait partie de l’enceinte du corps d’une place : il présente en saillie deux faces et deux flancs. Il est relié à l’enceinte par ces derniers. |
Where the eye mixes bastian and bastion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bastian and bastion follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: bastian vs bastion
A purely visual mix-up. bastian (\bas.tjɑ̃\) and bastion (\bas.tjɔ̃\) 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 a single letter - a in “bastian” becomes o in “bastion”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bastian is recorded at frequency rank #40,620, classified as anoun, pronounced \bas.tjɑ̃\. bastion is at rank #14,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bas.tjɔ̃\.
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 55231, this pair ranks #128,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bastian vs bastion
Shared letters: abinst. Private to "bastian": -. Private to "bastion": o.
"bastian" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "bastion" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bastian" and "bastion" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bastian" or "bastion"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bastian" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bastion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bastian" and "bastion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bastiais vs bastian". 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 #128,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.