basket
bas·ket/ˈbɑːskɪt/noun, verb
basket is spelled B-A-S-K-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (bas·ket). It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, basket means “A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of basket is baskets.
How many letters and syllables are in basket?
| Letters | 6: B-A-S-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bas·ket |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is basket?
Basket appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce basket?
- UK /ˈbɑːskɪt/
- /ˈbaskɪt/
- /ˈbaskɛt/
Basket has 2 syllables, split bas·ket in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-basket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of basket
- baskets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- basketing participle, present
- basketed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does basket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
- 2
A bed for a cat.
- 3
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
- 4
In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
- 5
A set or collection of intangible things.
The basket of issues that developing countries had vigorously wanted addressed such as agriculture, SANDD and implementation-related issues were given scant attention by developed countries for most part of the conference.
- 6
A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
The point guard drove toward the basket.
- 7
The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
The last-second basket sealed the victory.
- 8
The game of basketball.
Let's play some basket.
verb
- 1
To place in a basket or baskets.
- 2
To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate basket?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of basket: bskt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Basket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | panier |
| German | Korb |
| Portuguese | cesto, cesta , carrinho |
| Spanish | cesta, cesto, taxcal, canasta, tenate, tanate |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does basket come from?
From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet, basket, bascat, from latin bascauda. Displaced native Old English mand. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).