basic income
"basic-income" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basic income” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of universal basic income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction receive a sum of money, regularly and unconditionally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-basic-income · basic income · English
basic income · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | basic income |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “basic income” in English
Rare enough to double-check
basic income is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for basic income in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is basic income, spelled B-A-S-I-C- -I-N-C-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ellipsis of universal basic income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction receive a sum of money, regularly and unconditionally.
- 2Ellipsis of guaranteed basic income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction are guaranteed to have an income level at or above the set basic income cut-off level, whereby the government will top-off incomes falling below the line, to reach the limit; those falling above the line would not receive payments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how basic income appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The second feature is the payment by the government of a basic income to all citizens, regardless of their private income or wealth. The amount of basic income should be the same for everyone, and should be calculated to be sufficient to […]
The questions to be raised are how processes of globalization, internationalization and economic integration affect national welfare states and what are the consequences for the basic income proposal.
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.