bas de gamme
\ba də ɡam\
The verdict
“bas de gamme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Ce qu'il y a de pire dans le genre, généralement le moins cher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bas-de-gamme · bas de gamme · French
bas de gamme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bas de gamme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba də ɡam\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bas de gamme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bas de gamme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba də ɡam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce qu'il y a de pire dans le genre, généralement le moins cher.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bas de gamme, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bas de gamme, spelled B-A-S- -D-E- -G-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ce qu'il y a de pire dans le genre, généralement le moins cher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bas de gamme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des fourre-tout, il en existe des multitudes sur le marché, des plus bas de gamme aux plus luxueux ; choisir celui qui nous convient est donc délicat.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.