Base

/\ˈbaː.zə\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#409

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Base is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cousine (fille d’un oncle ou d’une tante). Pronounced \ˈbaː.zə\. It ranks #409 in French word frequency. Often confused with be and BS.

Key facts for Base
PropertyValue
HeadwordBase
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈbaː.zə\
Letters4
Frequency rank#409
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Base is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈbaː.zə\. Corpus data places it at rank #409 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Base, with forms such as "abse", "baes", and "bbase". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "be", "BS", "bus", 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 Base, spelled B-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cousine (fille d’un oncle ou d’une tante).
  2. 2
    Tante (sœur du père).
  3. 3
    Parentes éloignées.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abse,baes,bbase,bsae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Base

Misspelling Variants of "Base"

abse4baes4bbase5bsae4
Misspelling Variants of "Base"

Frequency rank: #409 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Base"?
"Base" is spelled B-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbaː.zə\.
What does "Base" mean?
As a noun, "Base" means: Cousine (fille d’un oncle ou d’une tante).
What words are commonly confused with "Base"?
"Base" is commonly confused with "be", "BS", "bus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Base"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Base" is \ˈbaː.zə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Base" come from?
"Base" 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.