# basset

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæsɪt/ · frequency rank #45,804

## Definitions
1. The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
2. A basset hound.
3. A card game resembling faro.

## Etymology
From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

## Easily confused with
- **bast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basset-vs-bast)
- **beset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basset-vs-beset)
- **busses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basset-vs-busses)
- **bassist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basset-vs-bassist)
- **Bassett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basset-vs-bassett)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/base-vs-basset)
- **bass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bass-vs-basset)
- **based** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/based-vs-basset)
- **bases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bases-vs-basset)
- **Basel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-basset)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basket-vs-basset)
- **ballet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-basset)
- **bashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashed-vs-basset)
- **basalt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basalt-vs-basset)
- **barnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnet-vs-basset)

## Common misspellings (6)
`absset`, `basest`, `baset`, `basste`, `bbasset`, `bsaset`

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