# bask

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɑːsk/ · frequency rank #31,452

## Definitions
1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
2. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

## Easily confused with
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bs)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bus)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bay)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bat)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bis)
- **BTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bts)
- **BCS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bcs)
- **BDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bds)
- **BBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bbs)
- **bok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bok)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bsa)
- **bes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bes)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-baz)
- **bps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bps)
- **BLS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bls)
- **Bau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bau)
- **BFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-bfs)
- **best** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-best)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-book)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bask-vs-boss)

## Common misspellings (6)
`absk`, `baks`, `baskk`, `bassk`, `bbask`, `bsak`

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