País Basco
The verdict
“País Basco” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - região histórico-cultural localizada no extremo norte da Espanha e no extremo sudoeste da França
Corpus desk
Index PT-pais-basco · País Basco · Portuguese
País Basco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | País Basco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “País Basco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
País Basco is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for País Basco, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is País Basco, spelled P-A-Í-S- -B-A-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1região histórico-cultural localizada no extremo norte da Espanha e no extremo sudoeste da França
- 2comunidade autônoma da Espanha, dividida em três províncias: Álava, Biscaia e Guipúscoa; sua capital é Vitoria
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how País Basco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eles queriam a independência do País Basco e a Espanha deu à região autonomia administrativa, deixando claro que não iria além disso.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.