bas

/\ba\/ adj

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#343

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bas is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui a peu de hauteur ou d’élévation. Pronounced \ba\. It ranks #343 in French word frequency. Often confused with by and be.

Key facts for bas
PropertyValue
Headwordbas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ba\
Letters3
Frequency rank#343
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bas in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bas is 3 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba\. Corpus data places it at rank #343 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bas in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "be", "BD", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bas, spelled B-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a peu de hauteur ou d’élévation.
  2. 2
    Qui est situé à un niveau inférieur.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un lieu dont l’altitude est inférieure que celui d’où descendent les rivières qui les arrosent.
  4. 4
    Baissé, par opposition à levé, redressé.
  5. 5
    Grave.
  6. 6
    Qui est inférieur, moindre ou subalterne.
  7. 7
    Qui est vil, méprisable, contraire à la noblesse.
  8. 8
    Qui est trivial ou populaire, en parlant du registre de langage.
  9. 9
    Qualifie le ciel lorsqu’il est chargé de nuages moins élevés qu’à l’ordinaire, signe que le temps menace de pluie.
  10. 10
    Qualifie les classes par où commencent les écoliers, les classes élémentaires.
  11. 11
    Qualifiait, dans les places, les casemates et flancs de bastions qui servaient à défendre le fossé et la courtine.

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Frequency rank: #343 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bas"?
"bas" is spelled B-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba\.
What does "bas" mean?
As an adj, "bas" means: Qui a peu de hauteur ou d’élévation.
What words are commonly confused with "bas"?
"bas" is commonly confused with "by", "be", "BD". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bas" is \ba\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bas" come from?
"bas" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.