basco

/ˈbaʃ.ku/

//ˈbaʃ.ku// adj

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The verdict

“basco” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,979
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao País Basco ou a seus habitantes:

Corpus desk

Index PT-basco · basco · Portuguese

basco · rank #17,979 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,979
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH autismo

Nearest frequency peer: autismo (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “basco”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “basco” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

basco vs Base
40% similar
basco vs bico
60% similar
basco vs beco
60% similar

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

Key facts for basco
PropertyValue
Headwordbasco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈbaʃ.ku/
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,979
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “basco”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bascocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “autismo” (#17,977), “beneficente” (#17,983), “arrow” (#17,971). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “basco” fica em #17,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around basco (IPA /ˈbaʃ.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,979 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo ao País Basco ou a seus habitantes:".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for basco, with forms such as "absco", "bacso", and "bascco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Base", "bico", "beco", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is basco, spelled B-A-S-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ao País Basco ou a seus habitantes:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how basco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O Dia da Pátria Basca é celebrado no Domingo de Páscoa.

This word in other languages

Basque(English)euskera(Español)basque(Français)baskisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • absco
  • bacso
  • bascco
  • basoc
  • bassco
  • bbasco
  • bsaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basco - 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.

absco2bacso2bascco1basoc2bassco1bbasco1bsaco2
Edit distance from "basco"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "basco"?
"basco" is spelled B-A-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbaʃ.ku/.
What does "basco" mean?
As an adjective, "basco" means: relativo ao País Basco ou a seus habitantes:
What words are commonly confused with "basco"?
"basco" is commonly confused with "Base", "bico", "beco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "basco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basco" is /ˈbaʃ.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basco" come from?
"basco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arrow#17,971sejas#17,913ruivo#17,909Qatar#17,899

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

common7 variantsprego7 variantsHades7 variantspingo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list