bassinet
/ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/
"bassinet" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bassinet” is uncommon English (frequency #68,855 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,855
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bassinet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bassinet” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bassinet is uncommon English at frequency #68,855 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bassinet, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French bassinet (“small basin”), equivalent to basin + -et. Ernest Klein, however, suggests derivation from French bercelonnette (“cradle”), with influence from bassin(et), to account for the English sense. The correct English form is bassinet, spelled B-A-S-S-I-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.
Etymology
From French bassinet (“small basin”), equivalent to basin + -et. Ernest Klein, however, suggests derivation from French bercelonnette (“cradle”), with influence from bassin(et), to account for the English sense.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bassinet”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-A-S-S-I-N-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.