bassinet
/ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/
"bassinet" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bassinet” is uncommon English (frequency #68,855 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,855
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bassinet · bassinet · English
bassinet · rank #68,855 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,855
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH baying
Nearest frequency peer: baying (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “bassinet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Barbadian
Barbadian
31,151 corpus weight
- Barnstaple
Barnstaple
31,150 corpus weight
- bassinet
bassinet
31,146 corpus weight
- baying
baying
31,145 corpus weight
- BCR
BCR
31,143 corpus weight
- beechwood
beechwood
31,141 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bassinet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “bassinet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bassinet is uncommon English at frequency #68,855 among 4,121 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bassinet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The next day, the baby sleeps in a bassinet near my bed.
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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