à basse-note
\a bas nɔt\
The verdict
“à basse-note” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À voix basse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-basse-note · à basse-note · French
à basse-note · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à basse-note |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a bas nɔt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à basse-note is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a bas nɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À voix basse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à basse-note, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à basse-note, spelled À- -B-A-S-S-E---N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1À voix basse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à basse-note appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chanter à basse-note
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