Which to use
“basta” is an intj and “bastião” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,234
- “basta” frequency rank
- #44,231
- “bastião” frequency rank
- 45465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | basta | bastião |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não mais!; chega! | parte de uma fortificação construída de modo que as muralhas formam um pentágono irregular |
Where the eye mixes basta and bastião
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. basta runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against bastião's 7 (CVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between basta and bastião
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: basta is /ˈbaʃ.tɐ/ while bastião is /bɐʃ.ˈtjɐ̃w̃/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
basta is recorded at frequency rank #1,234, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈbaʃ.tɐ/. bastião is at rank #44,231, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɐʃ.ˈtjɐ̃w̃/.
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 45465, this pair ranks #19,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of basta vs bastião
Shared letters: abst. Private to "basta": -. Private to "bastião": ioã.
"basta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bastião" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- basta ← absta · basat · bassta · bastta · batsa · bbasta · bsata
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "basta" for "bastião" ever safe?
Which is more common, "basta" or "bastião"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "basta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bastião" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "basta" and "bastião" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "báltico vs bastião". 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 #19,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.