# basic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbeɪsɪk/ · frequency rank #1,358

## Definitions
1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
3. Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
4. Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

## Etymology
From base + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **Bic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-bic)
- **bass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-bass)
- **bask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-bask)
- **Basu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basu)
- **bast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-bast)
- **BRIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-bric)
- **basis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basis)
- **basin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basin)
- **basil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basil)
- **Basra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basra)
- **basins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basins)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-basing)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basic-vs-baskin)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bas-vs-basic)
- **bai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bai-vs-basic)
- **bac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bac-vs-basic)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/base-vs-basic)
- **bail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bail-vs-basic)
- **bait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bait-vs-basic)
- **bash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-basic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`absic`, `baisc`, `basci`, `basicc`, `bassic`, `bbasic`, `bsaic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/basic