basque
/bæsk/noun
basque is spelled B-A-S-Q-U-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “bask vs basque” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, basque means “The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of basque is basques.
How many letters and syllables are in basque?
| Letters | 6: B-A-S-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is basque?
Basque appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 basque?
- /bæsk/
- /bɑːsk/
Basque has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Basque.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-basque.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with basque
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: bask (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with basque?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as basque from its last stressed vowel (/ɑsk/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of basque
- basques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does basque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
- 2
A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.
noun
- 1
A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.
adjective
- 1
Relating to the Basque people or their language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Basque in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Basque, Basquais, Basquaise , basque, basquaise , guêpière |
| German | Baske, Baskin , baskisch , Mieder, Korselett |
| Portuguese | basco, basca |
| Spanish | vasco, vasca, vascongado, vascuence, euscaldún, vascoparlante |
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 basque come from?
Borrowed from French basque.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).