bascule

\bas.kyl\

/\bas.kyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“bascule” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,975
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de bois ou d’autre matière soutenue par le milieu de manière qu’en pesant sur l’un des bouts on fait lever l’autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bascule · bascule · French

bascule · rank #13,975 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,975
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barack

Nearest frequency peer: barack (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bascule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bascule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bascule vs baule
71% similar
bascule vs basque
71% similar
bascule vs basile
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bascule
PropertyValue
Headwordbascule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bas.kyl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,975
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bascule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).basculese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « barack » (#13,974), « BCE » (#13,976), « ballade » (#13,973). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bascule » est au #13,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bascule (IPA \bas.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,975 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bascule, with forms such as "abscule", "bacsule", and "basccule". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "baule", "basque", "basile", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bascule, spelled B-A-S-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de bois ou d’autre matière soutenue par le milieu de manière qu’en pesant sur l’un des bouts on fait lever l’autre.
  2. 2
    Jeu où deux personnes, étant chacune sur le bout d’une pièce de bois mise en équilibre, s’amusent à se balancer.
  3. 3
    Mouvement semblable à celui de la bascule.
  4. 4
    Genre de balance dont on se sert pour peser les objets lourds et encombrants. → voir balance de Quintenz
  5. 5
    Dispositif qui fait fonction de bascule ou de levier dans un appareil de serrurerie, d’horlogerie, de fumisterie, de menuiserie, etc.
  6. 6
    Circuit possédant deux états stables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bascule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La bascule d’un pont-levis.
  2. Une bascule qui n’est pas assez chargée.

This word in other languages

seesaw(English)báscula(Español)Flip-Flop(Deutsch)balanço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abscule
  • bacsule
  • basccule
  • basclue
  • bascuel
  • basculle
  • basscule
  • basucle
  • bbascule
  • bsacule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bascule - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abscule2bacsule2basccule1basclue2bascuel2basculle1basscule1basucle2
Edit distance from "bascule"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bascule"?
"bascule" is spelled B-A-S-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bas.kyl\.
What does "bascule" mean?
As a noun, "bascule" means: Pièce de bois ou d’autre matière soutenue par le milieu de manière qu’en pesant sur l’un des bouts on fait lever l’autre.
What words are commonly confused with "bascule"?
"bascule" is commonly confused with "baule", "basque", "basile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bascule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bascule" is \bas.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bascule" come from?
"bascule" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bascule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ballade#13,973baisers#13,972assurez#13,970cadence#13,986

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

cachette10 variantsArdennes10 variantschialer10 variantsacquises10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list