bas du corps
\bɑ du kɔʁ\
The verdict
“bas du corps” 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 May 6, 2026) - Moitié inférieure du corps humain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bas du corps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ du kɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bas du corps” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bas du corps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ du kɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bas du corps doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct French form is bas du corps, spelled B-A-S- -D-U- -C-O-R-P-S.
Definition
- 1Moitié inférieure du corps humain.
- 2Parties génitales, masculines ou féminines.
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.
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Using “bas du corps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-S- -D-U- -C-O-R-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɑ du kɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.